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The purpose of this paper is to lay out the structure of an argument about what our understanding of the proper relation between the categories of living and semiotic (semantic) systems is or should be. I will attempt to identify important conceptual distinctions which could be made, decision points in the argument, and what’s at stake at each step.
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Joslyn, C. (1998). Are Life and Meaning Coextensive?. In: van de Vijver, G., Salthe, S.N., Delpos, M. (eds) Evolutionary Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1510-2_29
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