Category: Philosophy

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Published in Biosemiotics journal here: Qualitative Attribution, Phenomenal Experience and Being Refer also to my presentation at the Biosemiotics Annual Gathering in Moscow 2019, and at the Higher School of Economics Moscow 2019 Introduction [This following paragraph is about knowledge and...

Published in Semiotica journal here: Meaning and the Evolution of Signification and Objectivity Abstract: The coevolution of objectivity and subjectivity and the nature of both their division and connection are central to this paper. Section 2 addresses the nature of meaning...

Causation and Information: Where is Biological Meaning to be Found? is published in Biosemiotics Journal here Abstract: The term ‘information’ is used extensively in biology, cognitive science and the philosophy of consciousness in relation to the concepts of ‘meaning’ and ‘causation’. While ‘information’ is a term that serves...

The premise of this paper is that there are three distinct and hierarchical ‘categories of knowledge’ (Pharoah 2018). The first of these is physiological knowledge which is acquired over generations through the interaction between replicating lineages and the environment. This interaction...

Аннотация. Статья состоит на трех частей. Первая часть начинается с рассмотрения значимого взаимодействия одноклеточного организма с окружающей его средой. Эволю- ция формы и функции очевидна даже при таком уровне сложности организма, но я обра- щаю внимание на значение квалитативной биохимической ассимиляции...

I examine the incongruence that lies at the heart of the concepts of causation and information which are central to biosemiotic studies. I present a more coherent framework which I relate to species, consciousness, institutions, cultures and ecologies. In doing so,...

Published by РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК and ИНСТИТУТ НАУЧНОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ ПО ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫМ НАУКАМ in МЕТОД: МОСКОВСКИЙ ЕЖЕГОДНИК ТРУДОВ ИЗ ОБЩЕСТВОВЕДЧЕСКИХ ДИСЦИПЛИН ВЫПУСК 10, pp. 91–122. Аннотация. Живым существам объективный мир представляется как совокупность чувственно воспринимаемых качеств, воспоминаний, ощущений, мыслей, желаний, убеж- дений...

A principle message from Jacob von Uexküll was the importance of meaning in understanding life. But currently, naturalising biological meaning, in all the varied ways in which meaning is characterised in living organisms, remains a principle challenge for biosemiotics. What is...

This year’s Science of Consciousness conference was to be held in April in Tuscon, Arizona. Due to the covid-19 virus, however, the event was postponed and then relaunched as an online event. So I uploaded my presentation which was based on...

Thirty-eight million Polo Mints are consumed every day, apparently without a second thought. However, could this humble little minty fella actually be the gateway to true knowledge about life, the Universe and everything? We have drawn on the inspiration of Sartre,...

In the first half of this presentation, I provide an overview of the idea that there is a hierarchy of distinct biological mechanisms that generate ontologically distinct classes of knowledge about the world. These distinct classes are described as qualitative, phenomenal...

Abstract: Through impartial analysis of Daniel Dennett’s ‘The Intentional Stance’ (1987), I identify several inconsistencies in his position on intentionality. Then, I reveal a fatal flaw in the stance, but rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater, make some...