DSpace Collection:https://hdl.handle.net/10316/422612024-03-29T02:12:56Z2024-03-29T02:12:56ZSemiotic Beings: the Realm of a Single Kind?Junqueira, Robert Martinshttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/1137172024-02-28T11:48:24Z2021-12-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Semiotic Beings: the Realm of a Single Kind?
Authors: Junqueira, Robert Martins
Abstract: Our research pays attention to the problem of the coverage of the
realm of semiotic beings. This problem is raised by the meeting
between the contemporary account of the human animal as a semiotic
animal and the possible advent of a technological singularity, meaning
a living technological being aware of semiosis. Apart from
highlighting the prospective emergence of a complex phenomenon
leading to evolutionary pressures on humans, we also pointed to a
positive direction toward developing a cooperative relationship
between the latter and a sustainable form of technological life: the
furtherance of semiotics. To this end, we started by providing a few
historical and philosophical references to help us better understand the
problem at stake. Next, we described how beings gain semiotic access
to reality, the distinction between the realm of semiotic beings and of
machines, and the infinite character of the study of semiotics. Finally,
we concluded that the realm of semiotic beings is still, despite
technological advances, exclusively human.2021-12-01T00:00:00ZMary Wollstonecraft's project for a reform of the mindsSegalerba, Gianluigihttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/1119762024-01-17T16:48:44Z2023-12-31T00:00:00ZTitle: Mary Wollstonecraft's project for a reform of the minds
Authors: Segalerba, Gianluigi
Abstract: In my investigation, I analysed aspects of Mary Wollstonecraft's thought regarding the traditional education of women, her programme of education, the question of women' s rights and the condition of women. I moreover investigate Mary Wollstonecraft's proposal of new theological foundations for religious belief. Mary Wollstonecraft aims to propose a revolution in female manners. Her revolution is a revolution of minds: she aims to reach a complete reform in the education and the formation of individuals, in general, and of women, in particular. Mary Wollstonecraft's revolution is a revolution for the spiritual independence of individuals. To reach the condition of independence, traditional education ought to be criticised and refused since traditional education is the system through which women are transformed into dependent entities. Power over oneself, liberation from passions, and autonomy of judgment are the main targets of Mary Wollstonecraft's programme of education. The correct foundation of the individual ought to be reason. Mary Wollstonecraft proves to be a deeply religious thinker: she steadily connects the promotion of the dignity of mankind to a new way of worship of Deity. The centrality of reason profoundly influences her theological assumptions: Mary Wollstonecraft refuses all forms of reverence based on blind submission to God. The main texts of my inquiry are A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men.2023-12-31T00:00:00ZAristotle's Emendation of OntologySegalerba, GianluigiPeric, Zdravkohttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/1119752024-01-17T16:53:37Z2023-12-31T00:00:00ZTitle: Aristotle's Emendation of Ontology
Authors: Segalerba, Gianluigi; Peric, Zdravko
Abstract: InȱourȱinquiryǰȱweȱinvestigateȱelementsȱofȱtheȱfoundationsȱofȱAristotleȂsȱ
ontology. We concentrate our attention on aspects of the substance and the
universal: we analyse the features which belong to substance qua substance and to
universal qua universal, on the one hand, and the features which cannot belong to
substance and universal, on the other hand. The mutual incompatibility between
substance and universal and between the features which are respectively connected
to substance and to universal are the central interest of our investigation. We
furthermore inquire into the consequences of a wrong interpretation of the
universal. The texts of Aristotle on which we base our study are Metaphysics Zeta
13, Zeta 14, and Zeta 16.2023-12-31T00:00:00ZMedieval Philosophy Redefined in a NutshellJunqueira, Roberthttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/1111262023-12-26T19:21:16Z2023-12-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Medieval Philosophy Redefined in a Nutshell
Authors: Junqueira, Robert
Abstract: Deely's chief orientation, in his Medieval Philosophy field days, was to frame the field's thematic concern in light of the gestation of semiotic awareness. He argued that semiotic awareness was expressed fully for the first time in history by Poinsot, although he said that the process of gestation only resulted in a community-binding Way after the arrival of the Semiotics of Peirce. Between Poinsot and Peirce, a period of darkness preceded a full dawn. In this paper, we provide an introductory picture of Deely's understanding of Medieval Philosophy and strive to convey a preview of the angle adopted by the semiotician.2023-12-01T00:00:00Z