A tension between the nominalistic and realistic (essentialist) conception of sign. John Deely, biosemiotics and analogy between the evolution of life and the development of culture

Abstract

The author pays attention to John Deely's realism in the context with his emphasis on semiotic relations. He investigates analogy between the evolution of life and the development of culture.

Keywords

• Cultural evolution
• biosemiotics
• nominalism
• realism
• John Deely