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General, Process philosophy, Signs Covid-19, Epidemiology, Group signs

The Danger of Group Signs: Philosophy and Covid-19

Post By James Williams 17th November 2021

In the first year of the pandemic, there were many types of sign associated with Covid-19: warning signs; names; national symbols; new indicators for numbers and trends; orders; images; and instructions. However, when I wrote about Covid-19 and signs in 2020, I failed to predict the dominance of a particular…

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James is Honorary Professor of Philosophy and member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University.

 

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Recent posts

  • Modes of Explanation: Semiology of Autopoiesis (IV)
  • Fantastic Pragmatism (published version)
  • Claire Colebrook on Time and Autopoiesis: Semiology of Autopoiesis (IV)
  • Autopoiesis and Time: Deleuze’s Timed Logic (V)/Semiology of Autopoiesis (III)
  • Diagrams of Shame
  • Graphic Events: a Realist Account of Graphic Design
  • Deleuze’s Timed Logic (IV): Passive to the Past
  • Semiology of Autopoiesis (II)
  • They can remove a monument, but they can’t erase the sign
  • Semiology of Autopoiesis (I)

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