The paper deals with the problem of Eco’s (mis)interpretation of some Peirceian themes, mainly in Eco’s two texts: Theory of Semiotics and Kant and the Platypus. The author’s focus is on the problems of the so called Dynamical object as a part of semiosis and of Peirce’s realism. Resulting from the analysis is the main thesis of the article: We cannot conceive of Peirce as using „structuralist dictionary“ (as Eco did in his Theory of Semiotics).
The paper deals with the problem of Peirce’s theory of signs, placing it within the context of modern semiotics (comparing it with Saussurean semiology, in particular), and considers Peirce’s semiotics from the point of view of his theory of categories (phaneroscopy) and in the terms of his classification of signs. The article emphasizes the complicated system of Peirce’s late, “mature”, semeiotic and his theory (classification) of Interpretant.
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