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245 10 a| Parallels, interactions, and illuminationsh| [electronic resource] :b| traversing Chinese and Western theories of the sign /c| Ersu Ding.;

260 a| Toronto :a| Buffalo :b| University of Toronto Press,;

300 a| xii, 210 p. :b| ill. ;c| 24 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 1. The Platonic Triad and Its Chinese Counterpart -- 2. Ontological Realism under Fire -- 3. The Return of the Subject(s) -- 4. The Peircean Trichotomy -- 5. The Poetic Logic -- 6. Metaphor and Culture -- 7. Myth Making and Its Socio-Economic Functions;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The first major work in Sino-Western comparative semiotics, Parallels, Interactions, and Illuminations is a trans-disciplinary and intercultural effort that makes intellectual connections not only across such diverse academic fields as epistemology, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and cultural studies but also between Chinese and Western theories of the sign in the conviction that they can shed light on one another.;

520 a| In this groundbreaking work, Ersu Ding studies two traditions of semiotic realism, represented by Plato and Husserl in the West and by Mo Zi and Ouyang Jian in China. They share two fundamental assumptions with regard to meaning: that there exist ultimate qualities of things and states of affairs in the extrasemiotic world and that the meanings of words or other types of sign are derivatives of these essentials. A pioneering work that remains extraordinarily accessible, Parallels, Interactions, and Illuminations explores a wide range of issues, including inter-subjective negotiation of meaning, the relationship between metaphor and culture, and the production and dissemination of myths."--pub. desc.;

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Parallels, interactions, and illuminations traversing Chinese and Western theories of the sign / Ersu Ding.

Author/creator	Ding, Ersu
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Toronto : Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,
Description	xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Semiotics--Philosophy. Semiotics--China. Semiotics--Europe, Western.

Contents	1. The Platonic Triad and Its Chinese Counterpart -- 2. Ontological Realism under Fire -- 3. The Return of the Subject(s) -- 4. The Peircean Trichotomy -- 5. The Poetic Logic -- 6. Metaphor and Culture -- 7. Myth Making and Its Socio-Economic Functions
Abstract	"The first major work in Sino-Western comparative semiotics, Parallels, Interactions, and Illuminations is a trans-disciplinary and intercultural effort that makes intellectual connections not only across such diverse academic fields as epistemology, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and cultural studies but also between Chinese and Western theories of the sign in the conviction that they can shed light on one another.
Abstract	In this groundbreaking work, Ersu Ding studies two traditions of semiotic realism, represented by Plato and Husserl in the West and by Mo Zi and Ouyang Jian in China. They share two fundamental assumptions with regard to meaning: that there exist ultimate qualities of things and states of affairs in the extrasemiotic world and that the meanings of words or other types of sign are derivatives of these essentials. A pioneering work that remains extraordinarily accessible, Parallels, Interactions, and Illuminations explores a wide range of issues, including inter-subjective negotiation of meaning, the relationship between metaphor and culture, and the production and dissemination of myths."--pub. desc.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011381687
ISBN	9781442640481 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	1442640480 (acid-free paper)

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