Approaching a semiotics of exaptation: At the intersection between biological evolution and technological development

This paper recognizes a specific correspondence between biological evolution and technological development and on this basis tries to set up a semiotic approach to the evolutionary phenomenon of exaptation. To do this, the existence of a historical-structural and pragmatic analogy between organs and...

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Main Author: Davide Weible
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2013-12-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15664