CMNS 1115 Lecture Notes - Mental Representation
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Decided that when you start talking about signs, anything that bears meaning will always have 2 parts: signified and the signifier. The 2 parts are made up of a mental and physical concept. Signs have to have the activity of the individual in order to be meaningful. There are theories that he is only half right. We can divide the world of signs into 3. Sign is one thing or the other. A symbol is a sign whose connection with its object is a matter of convention, agreement, or rule. Icons bear some resemblance to their object, the thing that they stand for. Icons means something that looks like something that it represents (ex. Kinds of signs that are easily interpretable. Cartoon drawing less iconic of you than photographic because it doesn"t look quite as much as the photograph. Most iconic sign of you is you.
