(September 26, 2016 at 1:13 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: A reductionist isn't necessarily proposing a theory of signs by arguing that it is rooted in physical phenomena.
(September 26, 2016 at 1:13 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: they [reductionists] would say that there is nothing beyond the physical required to understand the nature of signification.
These are mutually exclusive positions. If something can be explained by the purely physical terms then it is firmly rooted in the physical. If something isn’t rooted in physical phenomena then it is not purely physical. Nevertheless, there may be reductionist philosophies with which I am not familiar.
