Aristotle＇s general theory of meaning is describing for the first time relations among linguistic signs, mental images, and real things. Centuries later, the triangle of meaning or the semiotic triangle became a mode...Aristotle＇s general theory of meaning is describing for the first time relations among linguistic signs, mental images, and real things. Centuries later, the triangle of meaning or the semiotic triangle became a model of how objects interact with signs and interpreters （C. S. Peirce） or how linguistic symbols are related to the objects they represent （Ogden and Richards 1923）. However, these triangles can be traced back to the 4th century BC, in Aristotle＇s Organon, when it was first mentioned the importance of images and signs in the creation of meaning. The nature of universals as mental images and their relation to the objects is still debated and, recently Lambert Wiesing＇s The Philosophy of Perception challenges current theories of perception. Taking perception to be real is in the core of the new debates about concept of mind. What the reality means for a subject is a central philosophical question （Meztinger, The Ego tunnel）. The new triangle of meaning is not only a relation among objects, realities, signs but a relation among real, objectified entities, irrespective if they are in the mind or outside it. In this new approach, the question of how human perception is possible is reformulated by questions about what perception induces us to be and do. Perceptions are embodied, to be visible, and to continually participate in the public and physical world we perceive. Looking back to Aristotle＇s work from these new approaches our paper argues that Aristotelian images were conceived by him as entities strongly related to action. As mind perceptions which determine us to act, they do not have a passive role but rather taking the lead in our life. This is very much in line with modem philosophical thinking. His thoughts about images and dynamics of reality based on perception and images had important consequences in economics, marketing and branding, giving to perceptions an active role in turning potential reality in actual reality. Brands are in fact images and perceptions in action and interaction and are built in order to compel us to act either to influence or to be influenced.展开更多
文摘Aristotle＇s general theory of meaning is describing for the first time relations among linguistic signs, mental images, and real things. Centuries later, the triangle of meaning or the semiotic triangle became a model of how objects interact with signs and interpreters （C. S. Peirce） or how linguistic symbols are related to the objects they represent （Ogden and Richards 1923）. However, these triangles can be traced back to the 4th century BC, in Aristotle＇s Organon, when it was first mentioned the importance of images and signs in the creation of meaning. The nature of universals as mental images and their relation to the objects is still debated and, recently Lambert Wiesing＇s The Philosophy of Perception challenges current theories of perception. Taking perception to be real is in the core of the new debates about concept of mind. What the reality means for a subject is a central philosophical question （Meztinger, The Ego tunnel）. The new triangle of meaning is not only a relation among objects, realities, signs but a relation among real, objectified entities, irrespective if they are in the mind or outside it. In this new approach, the question of how human perception is possible is reformulated by questions about what perception induces us to be and do. Perceptions are embodied, to be visible, and to continually participate in the public and physical world we perceive. Looking back to Aristotle＇s work from these new approaches our paper argues that Aristotelian images were conceived by him as entities strongly related to action. As mind perceptions which determine us to act, they do not have a passive role but rather taking the lead in our life. This is very much in line with modem philosophical thinking. His thoughts about images and dynamics of reality based on perception and images had important consequences in economics, marketing and branding, giving to perceptions an active role in turning potential reality in actual reality. Brands are in fact images and perceptions in action and interaction and are built in order to compel us to act either to influence or to be influenced.
