Peirce’s more-than-human philosophy, its precursors, and its heirs

Authors

  • Winfried Nöth Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
  • Lucia Santaella Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2316-5278.2025v26i1:e70334

Keywords:

Culture, More-Than-Human, Nature, Non-Human, Object-Oriented Ontology, Peirce

Abstract

The article discusses the more-than-human or extra-human aspects of Charles S. Peirce's semiotic philosophy, contextualizes it in the history of ideas (Aristotle, the medievals, Montaigne, Descartes), examines its foundations, its similarities and differences in relation to the trends of the 21st century in cultural and philosophical studies in the context of the dichotomies and anthropocentrism inherited from Western culture which are nowadays denounced by post-humanism, non-human studies, Object-Oriented Ontology and the more-than-human paradigm.

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Published

2025-02-18

How to Cite

Nöth, W., & Santaella, L. . (2025). Peirce’s more-than-human philosophy, its precursors, and its heirs. Cognitio: Revista De Filosofia, 26(1), e70334. https://doi.org/10.23925/2316-5278.2025v26i1:e70334