Open Semiotics. Volume 4

Given that signs and meanings pervade the world in its different aspects,
semiotics is naturally open to interactions with other fields, from the
humanities and social sciences to the natural and pure sciences. Open
Semiotics aims to explore and expand these interactions, and to facilitate new
avenues for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, providing
insights into a redeployment of disciplinary fields. Such an endeavor, which
is intended to benefit the entire scientific community, has drawn upon
extensive cooperation. This has resulted in 141 chapters authored by 178
scholars from 58 countries spanning all continents, which represent a broad
array of trends and approaches as well as numerous and diverse disciplinary
crossings. Open Semiotics comprises four volumes: (1) Epistemological and
Conceptual Foundations, (2) Culture and Society, (3) Texts, Images, Arts, (4)
Life and its Extensions. This book is the fourth and last volume of the
project.