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The central issues of this paper are the semantic content and the conceptual interpretation of the notions of symbol and sign in philosophical and religious, linguistic and cultural contexts; the relationship between the logic of symbolic thought and communication. The paper highlights the importance of symbols and signs for transmitting information in religious and national universums

Mathematics and Religion: Our Languages of Sign and Symbol is the sixth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Javier Leach, a mathematician and Jesuit priest, leads a fascinating study of the historical development of mathematical language and its influence on the evolution of metaphysical and theological languages.Leach traces three historical moments of change in this evolution: the introduction of the deductive metho

Examines semiotics to explain the politics of language by focusing on three aspects of communication. A discussion & examination of how language & speech establish a communication system that rules citizens, a demonstration of how citizen readers can play active roles in the construction of meanings, & an examination of how new speech practices can introduce new politics are presented. By drawing on US feminists who employ semiotics, the power of this approach for understanding the sexist practices that inhibit political life is revealed. Four political strategies, inspired by feminist semiotics, that promise to change political life in order to move us closer to gender justice are suggested. 28 References. Adapted from the source document.