Reflexiones desde un enfoque biosemiótico peirceano sobre algunos procesos de mimetismo biológico.
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Pragmatism, icon, communication, information, mimicryAbstract
Biosemiotics is an interdisciplinary field where sciences and humanities converge in a complementary way. One of the most fertile areas has been the relationship between biological sciences and Peircean semiotics since the latter proposes a novel perspective on non-human communication and the role of the sign as a relational property of the processes of semiosis present in nature. The late proposal of the philosopher C. S. Peirce, especially his division into di↵erent interpretants, together with some elements of his epistemology such as his pragmatic maxim and his categorial system, shape the understanding of how the practical consequences of some Inter-species phenomena are constituted as changes in habits of action with implications in the behaviors or actions of various forms of animal life. In this way, some cases of biological mimicry are reviewed from the Peircean semiotic triad, highlighting the iconicity and practical implications that some animals and insects perform.
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