Weltanschaung is the german word for worldview, philosophy of life, and/or ideology.
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Writable or Writerly Text(s)
The following article explains what a writable is text. Here, and in most places where the word text is embedded in a semiological context, one ought to read it in an abstract sense. Although, we most often interpret it as a number of interconnected written sentences,...
Writing
In the context of semiotics, the term "writing" refers to the process of spelling signs on a more or less lasting medium. The result of the process is, of course, a text made of words. The notion that when one is writing the text is made of words is an important one,...
Writing Degree Zero
Visible from the term itself this is writing degree zero. See Zero Degree.
Writing Under Erasure
As the term states itself this is the act of writing under erasure. See erasure.
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Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It encompasses the analysis of every aspect of language, as well as the methods for studying and modeling them. The traditional areas of linguistic analysis include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,...
Phenomenology
A term used by Charles S. Peirce to denote a discipline of philosophy. The term is also used to denote an important movement in modern philosophy, identified with such thinkers as Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Roman Ingarden. It could be said that this...
Feminism
Feminism is an ideology, that, like other ideologies uses reductionism to explain complex issues like, for example, the one that the feminists most commonly cite - the rights to equal pay. Like most ideologies, the feministic too has its roots in somewhat reasonable...
Rationalism
Rationalism in a very general sense means devotion to reason; in a narrower sense, it refers to the doctrine that reason itself has the ability to know reality. In a general sense, then, the rationalist is a defender and advocate of reason. Rationalism is often used...
Intertextuality
Intertextuality is a term introduced by Julia Kristeva and widely accepted by literary theorists to denote the complex way in which a text relates to other texts. Just as there is no sign separate from other signs, there is no text separate from other texts. In...
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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.
