Purpose This paper reviews research developments in semiosis (sign activity) as theorized
by Peirce, Eco and Sebeok, focusing specifically on the current study of “semiotic threshold …

This book is a result of 20 years of my interest in reading and thinking about the bizarre
phenomenon of mimicry. This journey has brought me from the standard scientific world …

Based on the conception of life and semiosis as co-extensive an attempt is given to classify
cognitive and communicative potentials of species according to the plasticity and articulatory …

Confusions about the nature of symbolic reference are at the core of two major challenges to
understanding human language. A failure to take into account the complex iconic and …

When a population exhibits collective cognitive alignment, such that group members tend to
perceive, remember, and reproduce information in similar ways, the features of socially …

The paper gives a detailed reconstruction and discussion of Peirce's doctrine of
propositions, so-called Dicisigns, developed in the years around 1900. The special features …

Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals: The Great Game of Life
examines human nature and the influence of evolution, genetics, chemistry, nurture, and the …

Queen pheromones have long been studied as a major factor regulating reproductive
division of labor in social insects. Hitherto, only a handful of queen pheromones were …

This chapter argues that attempts to characterize semiotic evolution by phases
corresponding to sign types from Peirce's triads do not hold–so as for instance the idea of an …

Mimicry is common among animals, plants, and other kingdoms of life. Humans in late
capitalism, however, have devised an unique method of mimicking the signs that trigger …