While Saint Augustine has been a household name for centuries, the same cannot be said of long-overlooked philosopher John Poinsot. But in "Augustine and Poinsot", John Deely contends that the history of semiotics cannot be conceived of without Poinsot's landmark contribution. According to Deely, even though Augustine was the first to describe what the sign does, Poinsot was the first to show how the sign mediates between nature and culture. This revolutionary volume demonstrates how Poinsot's account of semiotics allows us to produce human knowledge and experience.
- ISBN10 1589661737
- ISBN13 9781589661738
- Publish Date 1 April 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Scranton Press,U.S.
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9781589661738