{"product_id":"the-primacy-of-semiosis-an-ontology-of-relations-paperback-softback-9781442626980","title":"The Primacy of Semiosis; An Ontology of Relations (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442626980","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Primacy of Semiosis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Ontology of Relations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Bains (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442626980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do things come to stand for something other than themselves? An understanding of the ontology of relations allows for a compelling account of the action of signs. \u003cem\u003eThe Primacy of Semiosis\u003c\/em\u003e is concerned with the ontology of relations and semiosis, the action of signs. Drawing upon the work of Gilles Deleuze, John Deely, and John Poinsot, Paul Bains focuses on the claim that relations are 'external' to their terms, and seeks to give an ontological account of this purported externality of relations.\u003cbr\u003e Bains develops the proposition, first made in 1632 by John Poinsot (John of St. Thomas), that, ontologically, signs are relations whose whole being is in \u003cem\u003eesse ad\u003c\/em\u003e ('being-toward'). Furthermore, relations are found to be univocal in their being as relations. This univocity of being is antecedent to the division between '\u003cem\u003eens rationis\u003c\/em\u003e' and '\u003cem\u003eens reale\u003c\/em\u003e'. The ontology of relations Bains presents is thus neither mind-dependent nor mind-independent insofar as the rationale of the relation is concerned.\u003cbr\u003e The book includes chapters on Deleuze and Deely on relations, Jacob von Uexkull and Heidegger on Umwelten (self-worlds), Maturana and Varela on Autopoieis. It provides the vicarious causality, by way of the scholastic doctrine of the 'species', that is now being resuscitated by Graham Harman and the emerging school of 'object oriented ontology'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Primacy of Semiosis\u003c\/em\u003e provides a semiotic that subverts the opposition between realism and idealism; one in which what have been called 'nature' and 'culture' interpenetrate in an expanding collective of human and non-human. Bains' work promises to be a touchstone for semiotic discussion for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: The Drama of Relation and Its Characters\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 An Even Briefer History of Relations\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:' none\u003e \u003cli\u003eTerminology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussion in and after the Latin West \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 Deleuze and External (or Ontological) Relations\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:' none\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Circle of the Proposition \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Complex Theme of the Proposition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Poinsot and Deely on Relations and Signs\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:' none\u003e \u003cli\u003eObjective Being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Doctrine of ‘Species’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFormalSigns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScotist and Thomist Accounts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eObjective Being as \u003cem\u003eUmwelt\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmwelten\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:' none\u003e \u003cli\u003eJakob von UexkÜll and \u003cem\u003eUmwelten\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Tick as an Interpreter – the Functional Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeleuze and Guattari’s Appropriation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContemporary Value and Semiotic Use\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpecies-Specific Objective Worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeideggerean \u003cem\u003eUmwelten\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Transformation of \u003cem\u003eUmwelt \u003c\/em\u003einto \u003cem\u003eLebenswelt\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 Autopoiesis and Languaging \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:' none\u003e \u003cli\u003eBackground and Context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCognitive Systems \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLiving Systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLanguaging \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52745262367000,"sku":"9781442626980","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-primacy-of-semiosis-an-ontology-of-relations-paperback-softback-9781442626980","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}