Augustine and Poinsot: The Protosemiotic Development
While Saint Augustine has been a household name for centuries, the same cannot be said of long-overlooked philosopher John Poinsot (1589–1644). But in Augustine and Poinsot, John Deely contends that the history of semiotics cannot be conceived of without Poinsot’s landmark contribution. According to Deely, even though Augustine was the first to describe what the sign does, Poinsot was the first to show how the sign mediates between nature and culture. This revolutionary volume demonstrates...
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While Saint Augustine has been a household name for centuries, the same cannot be said of long-overlooked philosopher John Poinsot (1589–1644). But in Augustine and Poinsot, John Deely contends that the history of semiotics cannot be conceived of without Poinsot’s landmark contribution. According to Deely, even though Augustine was the first to describe what the sign does, Poinsot was the first to show how the sign mediates between nature and culture. This revolutionary volume demonstrates how Poinsot’s account of semiotics allows us to produce human knowledge and experience.
1. Intersemioticity Augsutine: The Initiation of Protosemiotics2. Protosemiotics3. Augustine’s Immediate Aim and Success4. Long-term Obstacles to the Philosophical Project5. The Opening to Semiotics6. Semiotics in the De Doctrina Christiana Text7. Augustine and Semiotics in the 21st Century Poinsot: The Culmination of Protosemiotics8. Poinsot and the 20th Century Development of Semiotics9. Tractatus de Signis, 1632: From Description to Explanation10. Poinsot’s Double Miscalculation11. The Protosemiotic Challenge Backward12. The Protosemiotic Challenge Forward13. Poinsot and Semiotics in the 21st Century14. Protosemiotic Epilogue: The Citadel of Language Afterword: The Time of the Sign15. The Time of the SignAppendicesReferencesIndex
