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On the role of semiotic bordering in the hierarchical structures of biological systems
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Keywords

borders
hierarchical structures of biological system
membrane
biosemiotics
cognition

How to Cite

Giorgi, F. (2022). On the role of semiotic bordering in the hierarchical structures of biological systems . International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Education: Subject, Action & Society, 2(2), 125–141. https://doi.org/10.32111/SAS.2022.2.2.9
Received 2022-10-31
Accepted 2022-11-30
Published 2022-12-30

Abstract

In this paper, I examine the variety of hierarchical structures that biological systems have been able to construe by changing the extension of their borders. By acting as a space/time structure separating the inside from the outside, a border allows one to be distinguished from otherness and to perceive as meaningful any difference from the external environment. Based on these premises, I then discuss the role these borders have played in the course of evolution for allowing both eukaryotic cells to become functionally differentiated and multi-cellular organisms be equipped with a bodily basis for cognition.

https://doi.org/10.32111/SAS.2022.2.2.9
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