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Looking in the Destination for What Should e bEen Sought in the Source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Thomas A. Sebeok

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The notorious but: unimpeachably corroborated case of Pavlov's mice raises, in capsule form, a variety of fascinating issues with far-reaching ramifications in several directions, but with particularly serious implications, several of which are well worth restating and pondering further (cf. Sebeóle 1977b: 192-201), both for the foundations and research methodology of contemporary semiotics.

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Research Article
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Diogenes , Volume 26 , Issue 104 , December 1978 , pp. 112 - 137
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Copyright © 1978 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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