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Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster

A Dagger of the Mind

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  • © 1991

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  1. C. W. Spinks

    1. Trinity University, San Antonio, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: the Terrific Sign

    1. Introduction: the Terrific Sign

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 1-10

  3. Dyadic Objects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Nature of Signs and the Naturalness of Objects

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 13-33

    3. Numerous Signs and Natural Objects

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 34-54

    4. The Myth of Polarity: A Perennial Problem of Semiotics

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 55-73

  4. Trichotomous Signs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Triadic Integration of Polarities

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 77-87

    3. Peirce, Pragmatics and Pyramids

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 88-113

    4. Peirce’s Demon Abduction: How to Charm the Truth out of a Quark

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 114-126

  5. Marginal Signs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-128
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    2. Semiotic Approaches to Higher States of Consciousness

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 129-154

    3. A Semiotic of Dreams: Pragmatic Forks in the Royal Road

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 155-175

    4. Semiosis as Trickster: The Laughter of Signs

      • C. W. Spinks Jr
      Pages 176-206

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-232
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About this book

As signifying creatures, we fear the false creation 'signifying nothing' because, like Macbeth, we think of them as daggers of the mind that raise questions about the reality of our signs, about signs as tools of creation and power, about the dark terrors (and lighter joys) that exist in human desire, and about the signs and the mind. This text argues that signs are, at base, generative things creating as much as they refer.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Trinity University, San Antonio, USA

    C. W. Spinks

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Semiosis, Marginal Signs and Trickster

  • Book Subtitle: A Dagger of the Mind

  • Authors: C. W. Spinks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11663-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: C. W. Spinks, Jr 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52604-0Published: 08 July 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-11665-2Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-11663-8Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 232

  • Topics: Semiotics, Pragmatics, Semantics

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