By Dario Martinelli
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I have discussed the surprising correspondence between these ideas and the “cosmogonic philosophy” of Charles Sanders Peirce (Hoffmeyer 1997: 359). The discussion remained lively also in fields like artificial life, where again biosemiotics had (and has) something to say that would call into question the traditional paradigms of biological sciences. At present, the situation is still unclear, and although more and more biologists are accepting and promoting biosemiotic approaches, it is also true that in most of the cases this promotion occurs through channels that are – so to say – slightly less “official” than those used by other disciplines.
Other branches of ethology are in a significant relationship with zoosemiotics. ). It is crucial for the zoosemiotician to keep up to date with the developments of each of these disciplines, even when (as in the case of bioacoustics) the communion of interests does not correspond to a communion of conclusions (it is safe to say that bioacoustics and zoosemiotics run in the same direction, but on two parallel tracks). ”. 16 1 Introduction to Zoosemiotics Zoosemiotics, when (1) scientific and (2) up to date, provides a set of theoretical strategies and conceptual bridges that support and, with a bit of luck, improve the study of animal semiosis (if anything, at least making it clear that “communication” is not the only phenomenon related to information production and reception).
Strictly speaking, they are sciences by definition oriented towards the human animal only. However, they play a major role when, once again, the key-word becomes “approach”. The history of zoological and ethological sciences (or sciences related to them) is not only a history of what is observed. , what methods are employed, what scientific, philosophical, ethical, or other spirit animate studies on other animals, depending on the times, places and people involved, what taboos are overcome or left in place, and how the results are affected by all these elements.