Preface p. viii
Dedication: To Roberta Kevelson William Pencak p. xi
I. Semiotics, Artifact, and Artifice
1. Richard Buckminster Fuller's Artifacts and Texts as Precursors of the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Semiosic Inquiry Rebecca Dalvesco p. 3
2. More Than Child's Play: War Toys in The Modern World Christian B. Keller p. 13
3. Black Latex Tool of Transcendence, Artifact of Auscultation: Meditations on the Iconography of the Stethoscope W. Porter McRoberts and Robert C. Sears p. 22
4. The Religious Communication of Stained glass Windows: Implications for Theology and Semiotic Theory Claire McElveen Pearson and Charls Pearson p. 31
5. Tarot Semiotics as Cartography of Events Inna Semetsky p. 38
II. Semiotics and the Arts
6. Improv and Index: A Semiotics of Improvisations in Acting Jackson Barry p. 55
7. Symbols and the Evolution of Mind: Susanne Langer's Final Bequest to Semiotics Vincent Colapietro p. 61
8. The Theory of Abduction and The Name of the Rose Cristina Farronato p. 71
9. In a Vicious Circle of Codependency: the Artist as Trickster Elzbieta T. Kazmierczak p. 82
III. Semiotics, Signs, and Science
10. Abduction, Generalization, and Abstraction in Mathematical Problem Solving Vic Cifarelli p. 97
11. Semiotic Trees And Classifications for Inductive Learning Systems Ana Marostica p. 114
12. The Computational Model of Linguistic Theory Frank Nussel p. 128
13. The Theory of Operational Semiotics Charls Pearson p. 140
14. Symbolic Activity in Mathematics Classrooms: A Semiotic Perspective Adalira Saenz Ludlow p. 156
15. An Investigation into Contemporary Mathematical Language Yanjie Zhao p. 171
IV. Semiotics and Information
16. Physiosemiosis and Semiotics John Deely p. 191
17. Power Structures On The Internet: Patterns of Social Control in Newsgroups A. J. Pollard and Adam Vile p. 198
18. When Lines Get Crossed: Cyberphobia, Cyberphilia and Technoerotica in Tetsuo: The Iron Man Sid Sondergard p. 213
V. Semiotics and Law
19. The Louise Woodward Jury and the Genesis of Truth Denis J. Brion p. 225
20. Abduction and Passion in Judicial Decision-Making Martha B. Scott p. 240
VI. Semiotics and Post-Colonialism
21. Signs of Sin and Nineteenth Century Constructions of Masculinity: Francois-Edouard Cibot's The Fallen Angels (Les Anges Dechus), 1833 Nina Corazzo p. 257
22. The Instability and Invention of Racial Categories in the Haverhill Gazette (MA), 1824-1827 Angela M. Leonard p. 271
23. Heaven's Doorbell: Contemporary Miracles in The Americas Phyllis Passariello p. 283
24. Signs of Science and the Sublime in Bartram's Travels: Subverting the Colonialist Agenda Ramona Ralston p. 290
25. White Semiotics: Austen's The Watsons and the Performance of Caucasianality Scott Simpkins p. 299
26. The City as Text and Textuality in Calvino's "Cities and Signs" Gila Safran-Naveh p. 306
VII. Semiotics, Self, and Other
27. The Self Intact and the Self Afflicted: A Case Study Eleanor Donnelly and LuAnne Lilly p. 321
28. A Semiotic Comparison of the Postmodern Theology of Charles Peirce, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Paul Tillich Henry M. Lee and Charls Pearson p. 336
29. Women and Their Bodies in Herodotus' Histories William Pencak p. 353
Index p. 359
Supporting Subscribers p. 364