The Philosophical Relevance of a “Behavioristic Semiotic”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10702687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Storer, Thomas W Storer (0000-0002-5974-9791, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1948 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 316-330 |
| Publication date | 1948-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/286998 |
| OpenAlex | W2022680759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
As everyone who has looked into almost any philosophical journal within the last year is aware, Charles Morris has written a book on signs. ( Signs, Language and Behavior , Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1946, hereafter abbreviated “SLB”) More precisely, he has elaborated a strain of thought found in his very earliest writings. A first, partial culmination of these ideas is his monograph Foundations of the Theory of Signs (FTS). Since the publication of FTS, Morris has conducted experiments relative to human sign behavior. SLB, I believe, is a revision and expansion of FTS to take into account new material supplied by these experiments and increased insight into the nature of behavior psychology. For Morris now asserts explicitly, what before he only hinted: that “Semiotic thus becomes a part of the empirical science of behavior, and can utilize whatever principles and predictions the general theory of behavior has attained or can attain.” (SLB p. 19)
Behaviorism · Cognition · Culmination · Epistemology · Linguistics · Ostensive definition · Relevance (law) · Relevance theory · Semiotics · Sign (mathematics) · Sign system · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2017 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |