Part I - Paradigms, Texts and Codes
Introduction
Chapter 1 Dialogics and Communication
2. Re the triad system within spheres of investigation
On the origins of consciousness and of the I
Chapter 2 Evaluation of the Play Object
How do toys’ characteristics provoke creative thoughts and actions?
How can toys’ characteristics be viewed from a semiotic perspective?
The concrete, the diffuse and the abstract - as a paradox
Spheres of investigation and triads
Universal pragmatism and the play triad
Chapter 3 The Sign Concept
Peirce and the triadic sign concept
Primary sign, object/case and interpretation
Summary: Toy semiotics and the play triad
Toys as a pragmatic communicator