SEMIOSPHERE
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3011 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences, Methodology or model |
The whole set of living organisms able to communicate through their interpretation of a variety of signs
GOPPOLD comments: “In the diction of MATURANA (1987) and LUHMANN (1993), social systems and proto-social systems arise in the behavioral coupling of organisms, which is another way to look at the Semiosphere.
The Semiosphere is the comprehensive concept for all ontogenetic pattern transmission in the biosphere. In the case of organisms with higher neuronal systems, like mammals and birds, the behavioral coupling is effected by neuronal resonance “ ( 2000, p. 108)
Even more archaic communication through pheromones or other biochemical products takes place in ecosystems . In these cases the behavioral coupling is also obvious. In a somewhat dubious way, we could possibly speak of proto-semiotics