Journal Title
Title of Journal: Biosemiotics
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Abbravation: Biosemiotics
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Kalevi Kull
Publish Date: 2015/05/28
Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-234
Abstract
We develop here a semiotic model of evolution We point out the role of confusion and choice as a condition for semiosis which is a precondition for semiotic learning and semiotic adaptation Semiosis itself as interpretation and decisionmaking between options requires phenomenal present The body structure of the organism is largely a product of former semiosis The organism’s body together with the structure of the ecosystem serves also as a scaffolding for the sign processes that carry on the ontogenetic cycle and the organisms’ behaviour providing the experiencebased channels for decision making in the indeterminate situations of choice The stability and persistence of ontogenesis and behaviour are based on the plasticity or the multiviality of organic dynamics The same plasticity or multivial dynamics is providing the material for further potential evolution Evolution has occurred when some change becomes irreversible via its stabilization and it usually means a modification of existing constraints or scaffoldings Some examples of these processes are described in the article
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