Signs as functions: Edusemiotic and ontological foundations for a semiotic concept of a sign

Semiotica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (212) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Eetu Pikkarainen
Keyword(s):  
General Model ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Radical Discontinuity ◽  
Sign Relations

AbstractAs a branch of theoretical semiotics that aims to contribute to the development of the theory of both semiotics and education, edusemiotics must also problematize the most foundational semiotic conceptions of sign and semiosis. The biosemiotic notion that a sign relation is necessarily dependent on learning restricts semiotics to the biological sphere, to living beings. This fits well with education, which can be seen as transition from the zoosemiotic sphere to the anthroposemiotic sphere. However this radical discontinuity between living and non-living spheres makes it difficult to understand how signs and semiosis are viable at all and what their basic nature is. Ontologically we can imagine that sign relations must also be somehow based on the features of non-living beings. In this article I will analyze how a concept of a sign can be seen as a general model of interaction between any beings. This paper develops the conception of semiosis and signification with regard to the competence (or habits) of the subject experiencing the meaning. Such task requires the explication of the ontological basis of semiosis – a step often perceived as dangerous by semioticians or ignored by educators.

The Teaching of General Problem Solving Strategies

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey B. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
General Problem ◽  
General Model ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Definition Of

In this article the author advocates the development of problem solving ability as a fundamental aim of all teachers, regardless of the age of the pupils or the subject being taught. A definition of ‘a problem’ and a breakdown of the problem solving process is offered. This is followed by a series of guidelines for the teaching of general problem solving strategies. Finally, an illustration is given of how a general model can be taught to young (6–8 year old) children.

scholarly journals Model of digital transformation of a modern enterprise

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
O. V. Babich ◽  
A. A. Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
General Model ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Modern Enterprise ◽  
The Subject

The subject of the research is the problems of digital transformation of the activities of modern enterprises. The article presents a general model of the phased implementation of digitalization of a modern enterprise, it is concluded that it is necessary to adapt the presented model to the conditions of functioning of various companies.

scholarly journals How does God know that 2 + 2 = 4?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
ANDREW BRENNER
Keyword(s):  
General Model ◽  
States Of Affairs ◽  
Truth Values ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Free Actions ◽  
In Virtue Of

AbstractSometimes theists wonder how God's beliefs track particular portions of reality, e.g. contingent states of affairs, or facts regarding future free actions. In this article I sketch a general model for how God's beliefs track reality. God's beliefs track reality in much the same way that propositions track reality, namely via grounding. Just as the truth values of true propositions are generally or always grounded in their truthmakers, so too God's true beliefs are grounded in the subject matters of those beliefs (i.e. God believes that p in virtue of the fact that p). This is not idle speculation, since my proposal allows the theist to account for God's true beliefs regarding causally inert portions of reality.

Classifying domain-specific intraterm relations

Terminology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Oster
Keyword(s):  
General Model ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Semantic Relations ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Semantic Classification ◽  
Relational Schemas ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Degree

This paper proposes a tool for the classification of domain-specific intraterm relations. It thus aims to present both the process and the product of classifying these relations. First, a description is given of how semantic relations and — more specifically — intraterm relations are understood and represented. Then, a structured set of relational schemas is presented, based mainly on insights from cognitive semantics and functional linguistics. Finally, the general model is applied to the semantic classification of complex terms. This step is specific in several ways: in the type of relation (internal semantic relations of complex terms), in the subject field (ceramic tile manufacturing) and in the languages analysed (German and Spanish). The advantage of this procedure is that, if applied to different subject fields, the resulting classifications can reach a high degree of specificity, but they are nonetheless comparable due to the fact that they will be based on a common theoretical background and methodology of classification.

scholarly journals Colonization pressure: a second null model for invasion biology

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1221-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim M. Blackburn ◽  
Phillip Cassey ◽  
Richard P. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
General Model ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Null Model ◽  
Invasion Biology ◽  
Colonization Pressure ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Subject

AbstractUnderstanding the causes of spatial variation in the distribution and richness of alien species is a key goal of invasion biology. Thanks to the increasing availability of geographical compendia of alien species it is also the subject of a burgeoning scientific literature. Here, we review elements of this literature to argue that understanding the causes of variation in alien species richness cannot be achieved without knowledge of the number of species introduced to an area—termed colonization pressure. The implications of a lack of information on colonization pressure are widespread and, we believe, poorly recognised. We start by discussing a recent general model for alien species richness that demonstrates why colonization pressure is a fundamental determinant of this. We then explore the literature on alien species richness, particularly on islands, to demonstrate how failing to account for colonization pressure affects our perception of richness drivers. We further show that ignoring colonization pressure can bias our understanding of patterns in the distributions of alien species. We finish by discussing situations when colonization pressure may be more or less important for our understanding of alien invasions.

Tarski on truth and logical consequence

1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Etchemendy
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
General Model ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Philosophical Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Philosophical Account ◽  
Modern Textbook ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Philosophical Community

Tarski's writings on the concepts of truth and logical consequence rank among the most influential works in both logic and philosophy of the twentieth century. Because of this, it would be impossible to give a careful and accurate account of how far that influence reaches and of the complex route by which it spread. In logic, Tarski's methods of defining satisfaction and truth, as well as his work pioneering general model-theoretic techniques, have been entirely absorbed into the way the subject is presently done; they have become part of the fabric of contemporary logic, material presented in the initial pages of every modern textbook on the subject. In philosophy, the influence has been equally pervasive, extending not only to work in semantics and the philosophies of logic and language, but to less obviously allied areas such as epistemology and the philosophy of science as well.Rather than try to chart the wide-ranging influence of these writings or catalog the important research they have inspired, I will concentrate on various confusions and misunderstandings that continue to surround this work. For in spite of the extensive attention the work has received in the past fifty years, especially in the philosophical literature, misunderstandings of both conceptual and historical sorts are still remarkably widespread. Indeed in the philosophical community, recent reactions to Tarski's work on truth range from Karl Popper's “intense joy and relief” at Tarski's “legitimation” of the notion [1974, p. 399], to Hilary Putnam's assessment that “as a philosophical account of truth, Tarski's theory fails as badly as it is possible for an account to fail” [1985, p. 64]. Opinions have not exactly converged.

scholarly journals A MECHANISM TO SHAPE SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.M. Ridel
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
General Model ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
The Subject

The general model of the mechanism to shape social and professional competence in the process of teaching foreign languages at non-linguistic universities is presented. The problem of selecting the subject-specific content of teaching foreign languages is considered. The main ways of functioning of the model as the development of foreign language communicative competence in the social, cultural and professional areas of communication are defined. The efficiency of the model, on the basis of which social and professional communicative competence is formed, is analyzed. It has been proved that social and professional communicative competence is a means of mastering the social and professional competence of a specialist.

“Economic cell” or “DNA molecule?”: bringing the Marx “Capital” into harmony with cell theory and modern genomics

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Alexandr Sorokin
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
General Model ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Cell Theory ◽  
Dna Molecule ◽  
Linear Sequence ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mode Of Production

Creating a general model of the economy, “providing a holistic knowledge of the economic system” (AD Nekipelov) is an urgent problem. The paper considers the possibility of using the subject and method of Marx’s “The Capital” in order to build a common model. The subject is an entity of relations within capitalist mode of production of life rather than wealth. The scientific method of ascending not from the abstract but from the simplest concrete to the complex concrete led to the discovery of an “economic cell”. Cell theory has influenced both “The Capital” and the understanding of history as a “linear sequence of stages”. The subject of the general model is relations that ensure the reproduction of life in a market economy. The method is consistent with genomics. Two factors of the product are the minimum set of “genes” of an “economic DNA molecule”. The cell is totipotent, i.e. possesses a complete stock of genetic material but in different cells the same genes are in an active or repressed state. Alignment with genomics allows us to build a model of modern market economy, to reconsider the linear sequence and put forward the hypothesis of “totipotency of various methods of production”, the activation of those methods that contribute to the reproduction of the life of society as a whole.

Words

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1320-1327
Author(s):  
Colbert Searles
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
The Subject

THE germ of that which follows came into being many years ago in the days of my youth as a university instructor and assistant professor. It was generated by the then quite outspoken attitude of colleagues in the “exact sciences”; the sciences of which the subject-matter can be exactly weighed and measured and the force of its movements mathematically demonstrated. They assured us that the study of languages and literature had little or nothing scientific about it because: “It had no domain of concrete fact in which to work.” Ergo, the scientific spirit was theirs by a stroke of “efficacious grace” as it were. Ours was at best only a kind of “sufficient grace,” pleasant and even necessary to have, but which could, by no means ensure a reception among the elected.

Artificial satellite orbit computations

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
P. Sconzo
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Satellite ◽  
Satellite Orbit ◽  
Artificial Satellites ◽  
Orbital Elements ◽  
Differential Correction ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
Short Intervals ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Introductory Discussion ◽  
Orbit Computation

In this paper an orbit computation program for artificial satellites is presented. This program is operational and it has already been used to compute the orbits of several satellites.After an introductory discussion on the subject of artificial satellite orbit computations, the features of this program are thoroughly explained. In order to achieve the representation of the orbital elements over short intervals of time a drag-free perturbation theory coupled with a differential correction procedure is used, while the long range behavior is obtained empirically. The empirical treatment of the non-gravitational effects upon the satellite motion seems to be very satisfactory. Numerical analysis procedures supporting this treatment and experience gained in using our program are also objects of discussion.

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