This book investigates the philosophy of education implicit in the semiotics of Charles Peirce. It is commonly accepted that the acts of learning and teaching imply affection of some sort, and Charles Peirce's evolutionary semiotics thoroughly explains learning as an act of love. According to Peirce, we evolved to learn and to love; learning from other people has proved to be one of the best ways to carry out our infinite pursuit of truth, since love is the very characteristic of truth. As such, the teacher and the student practise love in their relation with one another.
Grounded within an edusemiotics framework and also exploring the iconic turn in semiotics and recent developments in biosemiotics, this is the first book-length study of Peirce's contribution to the philosophy of education.
- ISBN10 3035307180
- ISBN13 9783035307184
- Publish Date 9 June 2015 (first published 29 May 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
- Edition 250th ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 282
- Language English