Semiosis, thought and codes

A theoretical framework for social knowledge

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ID8975618
AuthorsJoão Wachelke (0000-0003-4364-8598, Federal University of Uberlandia Uberlandia Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume53
Issue1
Pages2-17
Publication date2022-06-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jtsb.12358
OpenAlexW4283462794
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

I present a theoretical social psychological framework for social knowledge based mainly on the triadic concept of sign relations and the process of semiosis. The framework is based on concepts from authors aligned with interpretative semiotic approaches, such as Peirce, Deely and Eco. After defining signs and sign relations, I propose to conceive social knowledge as sign relations happening in communication processes, and employ the notion of code to account for socially shared group conventions. I suggest that the analysis of code properties such as content, social acknowledgment and history can identify differences in social knowledge forms and the concrete contexts that sustain them. The framework is discussed in comparison with other social and cultural psychological approaches based on semiosis. Finally, methodological implications are commented

Code (set theory · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Process (computing · Semiosis · Semiotics · Sign (mathematics · Social relation · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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