On one storm in a teacup: Ch. S. Peirce, U. Eco and semiotic metaphysics of objects

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of Eco's (mis)interpretation of some Peirceian themes, mainly in Eco's two texts: Theory of Semiotics and Kant and the Platypus. The author's focus is on the problems of the so called Dynamical object as a part of semiosis and of Peirce's realism.

Resulting from the analysis is the main thesis of the article: We cannot conceive of Peirce as using "structuralist dictionary" (as Eco did in his Theory of Semiotics).

Keywords

• Peirce
• Eco
• Semiotics
• Semiology
• Semeiotic
• Dynamical Object
• Semiosis