Thursday, August 5, 2010

Zygon publishes biosemiotics essays

The latest issue of the journal Zygon, which publishes research on the religion and science dialogue, includes the second selection of essays of a two part series on biosemiotics and the religion and science debate. A number of essays in both parts discuss interpretation from a semiotic perspective, with a particular emphasis on C.S. Peirce.

From Zygon 45, no. 2 (June 2010)

INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A METAPHYSIC OF MEANING
Andrew Robinson, Christopher Southgate

INTERPRETATION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
Christopher Southgate, Andrew Robinson

SELECTION, INTERPRETATION, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIVING SYSTEMS
Bruce H. Weber

A BIOSEMIOTIC APPROACH TO THE QUESTION OF MEANING
Jesper Hoffmeyer

PROCESS ECOLOGY: STEPPING STONES TO BIOSEMIOSIS
Robert E. Ulanowicz

DISCUSSION OF THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF BIOSEMIOTICS
Andrew Robinson, Christopher Southgate, Terrence Deacon

From Zygon 45, no. 3 (September 2010)
GOD AND THE WORLD OF SIGNS: INTRODUCTION TO PART 2
Andrew Robinson, Christopher Southgate

SEMIOTICS AS A METAPHYSICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Andrew Robinson, Christopher Southgate

TRANSFORMING THEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS
F. LeRon Shults

BROKEN SYMBOLS? RESPONSE TO F. LERON SHULTS
Andrew Robinson, Christopher Southgate

TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF BOUNDARY
Jeremy T. Law

CRITICAL AFTERWORD
Philip Clayton