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John Deely

John Deely (April 26, 1942 – January 7, 2017) was an American philosopher and semiotician. He was a professor of philosophy at Saint Vincent College and Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Prior to this, he held the Rudman Chair of Graduate Philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas (Houston).

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Alma mater
Saint Vincent College
Born
John Nathaniel Deely (1942-04-26)26 April 1942 Chicago, Illinois
Died
7 January 2017(2017-01-07) (aged 74) Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Era
20th-/21st-century philosophy
Main interests
Semiotics
Region
Western philosophy

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related to Contributions to semiotics · 19
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related to Cenoscopy and Ideoscopy · 6
John Deely → Charles Sanders Peirce, Deely, In, Jeremy Bentham, Poinsot, René Descartes
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John Deely → Saint Vincent College
Born · 1
John Deely → John Nathaniel Deely (1942-04-26)26 April 1942 Chicago, Illinois
Died · 1
John Deely → 7 January 2017(2017-01-07) (aged 74) Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Era · 1
John Deely → 20th-/21st-century philosophy
Main interests · 1
John Deely → Semiotics
Region · 1
John Deely → Western philosophy
School · 1
John Deely → Continental philosophy

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semiotics university deely ed trans philosophy expanded sebeok semiotic signs john poinsot peirce press work basics english 2009 first edition

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