In existential semiotics, Eero Tarasti introduces the notion of the zemic world as the fundamental structure of empirical existence. This model articulates Dasein into four interconnected entities: body, person, praxis, and values, which Tarasti designates respectively as Moi1, Moi2, Soi2, and Soi1. The zemic world is not a static configuration but a dynamic field in which meaning…
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The Three Forms of Transcendence in Existential Semiotics
In existential semiotics, the notion of transcendence emerges as one of the most challenging and innovative contributions to contemporary semiotic theory. Eero Tarasti presents transcendence as “perhaps the most provocative new issue which existential semiotics tries to launch for theoretical reflection,” and develops a framework in which transcendence assumes three distinct forms: empirical, existential, and…

