Article
Peirce’s sign theory as an open-source R package
Signs - International Journal of Semiotics
(2017)
Abstract
Throughout Peirce’s writing, we witness his developing vision of a machine that scientists will eventually be able to create. Nadin (2010) raised the question: Why do computer scientists continue to ignore Peirce’s sign theory? A review of the literature on Peirce’s theory and the semiotics machine reveals that many authors discussed the machine; however, they do not differentiate between a physical computer machine and its software. This paper discusses the problematic issues involved in converting Peirce’s theory into a programming language, machine and software application. We demonstrate this challenge by introducing Peirce’s sign theory as a software application that runs under an open-source R environment.
Keywords
- Peirce sign theory,
- Software,
- Open source R,
- package,
- Fuzzy logic
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring January 3, 2017
Publisher Statement
Signs is an international peer-reviewed electronic journal on the semiotics of mind, consciousness, language and culture as well as living and inanimate nature, and possible connections between them.
Citation Information
Alon Friedman and Erin M. Feichtinger. "Peirce’s sign theory as an open-source R package" Signs - International Journal of Semiotics Vol. 8 (2017) ISSN: 1902-8822 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alon-friedman/21/
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