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Type: 
Article in Journal
Author: 
Lane, Robert
Title: 
Persons, Signs, Animals: A Peircean Account of Personhood
Year: 
2009
Journal: 
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Volume: 
45
Issue: 
1
Pages: 
1-26
Keywords: 
Person
Abstract: 
An essay is presented that explores American philosopher Charles Peirce's conceptualizations of personhood. The author examines Peirce's semiotic account, which asserts a person is made up of thought-sings and his naturalistic account, which states a person is an animal. The author discusses each of the accounts and attempts to reconcile them through an argument that people are distinct, yet continuous with one another.
ISSN: 
00091774
Language: 
English