⚘ A Semiotic Perspective of Cognition: John Deely on the Role of Signs in Human Knowing ☀ Banzelão Teixeira (& IO2S Closing Ceremony)

Do your best... and you will rise to the occasion of this new beginning revolving around signs and human cognition. This event, commented on by Cristina Greco (Jeddah University of Business and Technology) and John Hittinger (Saint John Paul II Institute) and co-chaired by Elma Berisha (Lyceum Institute) and Yulia Nikitenko (Institute for Philosophical Studies), is part of the activities of the 2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics: a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing, cooperatively organized by the Institute for Philosophical Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, the Lyceum Institute, the Deely Project, Saint Vincent College, the Iranian Society for Phenomenology at the Iranian Political Science Association, the International Association for Semiotics of Space and Time, the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Semiotic Society of America, the American Maritain Association, the International Association for Semiotic Studies, the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies, the International Center for Semiotics and Intercultural Dialogue, Moscow State Academic University for the Humanities and the Mansarda Acesa with the support of the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Government of Portugal under the UID/FIL/00010/2020 project. *** A lecture followed by the closing ceremony of the IO2S Deely, featuring a line-up of very distinguished guests, to wit: Brian Kemple (Lyceum Institute), Bujar Hoxha (South East European University), Donald Favareau (National University of Singapore), Inna Merkulova (International Center for Semiotics and Intercultural Dialogue), Joseph DeChicchis (Deely Project), Kalevi Kull (International Society for Biosemiotic Studies), Mário Santiago de Carvalho (Coimbra Institute for Philosophical Studies), Myrdene Anderson (Purdue University), Br. Norman Hipps, O.S.B. (Saint Vincent College), Olga Lavrenova (International Association for Semiotics of Space and Time), Paul Cobley (International Association for Semiotic Studies), William Passarini (Coimbra Institute for Philosophical Studies), Zdzisław Wąsik (Philological School of Higher Education in Wrocław). *** Find the bionotes in our Homepage: https://www.uc.pt/fluc/uidief/io2s Visit our Auditorium: https://www.uc.pt/fluc/uidief/io2s/auditorium *** Technical support assured by Robert Junqueira. The cover image for the video was designed by Zahra Soltani