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A Sign is What ? A sign, as ordinarily understood, is simply something that suggests the presence or existence of something else, a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent. What's so difficult about that? Why should that require the development of a whole new perspective on reality and experience, as so-called "semiotics", as the study of the way signs works, claims? This video, a dialogue between a semiotician and a proponent of "realist" philosophy, addresses directly the question of what is the difference semiotics makes for our understanding of what is a sign. ‹A Sign is What? A Dialogue Between A Semiotist and a Would-be Realist› (text-only version as PDF) Originally presented as the Presidential Address to the Semiotic Society of America at the Friday luncheon of the 26th Annual Meeting held at Victoria University of the University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2001; first published without line numbers in Sign Systems Studies 29.2 (2001), 705–743 Tartu University, Estonia; Here reprinted from The American Journal of Semiotics 20.1–4 (2004), 1–66 A live dramatic reading of the ‹A Sign is What? A live reading based on the text directed by Professor Charles Krohn in Jones Hall of the University of St Thomas, Houston the Saturday evening of 18 October 2008, 20:45–22:00 hours as part of the 16–19 October 2008 33rd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America; The live version is adapted short version of the original text of the dialogue. |
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