Lady Victoria Welby was born in 1837 and died in 1912. Almost at the same time that Ferdinand de Saussure proclaimed semiology (a science devoted to the study of the "life of signs in society"), Lady Victoria Welby created significs, "the study of the nature of...
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Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (1915 - 1980) is an extremely prolific French semiotician, essayist, and literary and cultural critique, whose living and inspired works became especially important as semiology (or semiotics) entered the United States. His books and essays make a...
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951) is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and regarded by some as the most important since Immanuel Kant. Wittgenstein was born on April 26, 1889 in Vienna, Austria. He was from a wealthy...
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Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 – 2002) is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth century hermeneutics, with a reputation that surpasses that of other prominent figures, such as Paul Ricoeur and Gianni Vattimo. Gadamer was deeply influenced by the philosophy of...
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (1889 – 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for his work on phenomenology and existentialism. These are two different philosophical movements that share some common ideas, but Heidegger's work should only be considered part of these...
Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 – 1911) was a philosopher who wrote about how people use their minds to understand things. Dilthey is known for creating a distinction between the natural and human sciences. The human sciences include both the humanities, which look at things...
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768 – 1834) was a German theologian who is generally recognized as the founder of modern Protestant theology. He wrote about theology, preaching, classical philology, and his major work, Der christliche Glaube (1821–22; 2nd ed....
Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus (1265/66 – 1308) was a philosopher and theologian who lived during the Middle Ages. He was very important and influential, and his work has had a lasting impact on the field of philosophy and theology. His brilliant thinking had a big impact on...
Free Course in Semiology
A completely and truly free course on Semiology (Semiotics). Learn about the meaning of signs, how and why did the field emerged. What is the relationship between the street signs and the signs that we use every day - words.
