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Individuation and semiogenesis

an interplay between geometric harmonics and structural morphodynamics

Alessandro Sarti David Piotrowski

pp. 49-73

Abstract

The process of individuation deals with the genesis and the constitution of forms and how they differs from each other. Gilbert Simondon in his 1958 thesis L"individuation à la lumière des notions de forme et d"information (Simondon 2005) shows how individuation has a pivotal role in various phenomenon at a physical, biological, psychophysical and social level. The concept of form is often used in a synonymous manner to structure, instead, here it is utilized with a very different meaning. Structure refers to a codified, pre-existing form while individuated form is a continuously emerging reality.

Publication details

Published in:

Sarti Alessandro, Montanari Federico, Galofaro Francesco (2015) Morphogenesis and individuation. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 49-73

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05101-7_3

Full citation:

Sarti Alessandro, Piotrowski David (2015) „Individuation and semiogenesis: an interplay between geometric harmonics and structural morphodynamics“, In: A. Sarti, F. Montanari & F. Galofaro (eds.), Morphogenesis and individuation, Dordrecht, Springer, 49–73.