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Intensional man vs extensional man
a difficult dialogue
pp. 335-350
Abstract
Any semiotic approach (cf. Eco. 1976)1 should distinguish between a theory of codes and a theory of sign production, that is between a theory of signification and a theory of communication. In other words it is indispensable to distinguish between the criteria of organization of the cultural encyclopedia (a merely intensional system of meaning postulates) and the various phenomena of communicational interaction (among which there is the extensional use of languages, that is, the use of languages in order to designate actual or possible states of the world).
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Vaina Lucia, Hintikka Jaakko (1984) Cognitive constraints on communication: representations and processes. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 335-350
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-9188-6_18
Full citation:
Eco Umberto (1984) „Intensional man vs extensional man: a difficult dialogue“, In: L. Vaina & J. Hintikka (eds.), Cognitive constraints on communication, Dordrecht, Springer, 335–350.