Semiotics as the logic for a pragmatic theory of communication

• Grant number: 13/19376-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Theory of Communication
• Principal Investigator: Anderson Vinicius Romanini
• Grantee: Anderson Vinicius Romanini
• Host Investigator: Nathan Houser
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, United States
• Associated research grant: 10/52627-9 - Sistemics, self-organization and information, AP.TEM

Abstract

The project aims to research the logical and mathematical foundations of a general theory of signs proposed by Charles Peirce in order to propose a pragmatic theory of communication that takes into account the semiotic concept of information, systems theory and self-organization. (AU)