Charles S. Peirce‘s notion of musement becomes the backdrop for semiosis, which is herein considered in terms of nonlinear, nonbivalent, plurimorphic processes. These processes not only bear resemblance to certain contemporary scientific theories; they also find expression in Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna‘s middle way. This middle way in turn finds compatibility with Peirce‘s concept of the si...

In the following, elementary constituents of models in computational semiotics are outlined. This is done by referring to computer simulations as a framework which neither aims to describe artificial sign systems (as done in computer semiotics), nor to realize semiotic functions in “artificial worlds” (as proposed in “artificial semiosis”). Rather, the framework referred to focuses on precondit...

Abstract Following the levels of intentionality and semiosis distinguished by Semiotic Hierarchy (a layered model semiosis/intentionality), distinction between original agency (without use artefacts) enhanced (the prosthetic incorporation artefacts), we propose a an hierarchy, consisting six layers. Consistent with phenomenological orientation cognitive semiotics, central claim is that subjecti...

ion and explanation A CR approach to the explanation of concrete phenomena such as semiosis analyses them as conjunctions of structures and causal powers co-producing specific effects. To do this it abstracts these structures, identifying them and considering their respective causal powers and liabilities. Having done this, it then moves back towards the concrete, combining the abstracted const...