Life and works of Charles Sanders Peirce and the bases for the study of the photographic language

Authors

  • Jorge Barros Pires Petrobras

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2008v4n4p145

Keywords:

Semiotics, Peircean semiotics, Peirce’s life and works, Photography, Visuality

Abstract

This article is about the life and works of Charles Sanders Peirce with the purpose of fostering the interest in their study and improving comprehension of other articles being published in this revue. For the perspectives it provides to the studies of photographic language and for the contribution of this important theory of signification to the wide field of visual communication, key issues are here discussed. As a result, a clarification of terminology to enhance clearness on its power of generating resources for description and analysis is provided.

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Author Biography

Jorge Barros Pires, Petrobras

Pesquisador do projeto Cognitus/Petrobrás. Mestre em Filosofia pela Unesp e doutorando em Engenharia pela UFRJ.

Published

2008-12-15

How to Cite

Pires, J. B. (2008). Life and works of Charles Sanders Peirce and the bases for the study of the photographic language. Discursos Fotograficos, 4(4), 145–160. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2008v4n4p145

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