WDW101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Metonymy, Semiotics, Rational Basis Review
8 Feb 2013
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With enlightenment, it was hoped that policies would be decided on a rational basis rather than being based on tradition, emotion or prejudice; here we see the beginning of intellectuals" longstanding contempt for sensation. Enlightenment of having people see for themselves how truths are generated i. e. causing chemical reactions vs. just studying them in a book. Importance of method the rules governing the production and the verification of scientifically reliable knowledge. Downgrading of anything emotion is integral to science"s image. Semiotics the scientific study of signs and their meanings. Signs units of meaning; semiotic systems are composed of signs. Semiotic system self-sufficient system of meaning, like the english language. Multiple semiotic systems can be used to convey the same message i. e. bathroom sign, ladies or image, sometimes used twice at once. Semiotic systems are not independent from one another, not self-contained, not mutually exclusive. The meaning of signs is constituted through the relations that signs have with one another.
