Grundzüge einer Psychologie des Zeichens (1901)

Although Richard Gätschenberger can be regarded as one of the important sign theorists in the first third of the 20^th century, nothing much about the man and his works is currently known. Long before there was a widespread philosophical interest in language, Gätschenberger had already laid the foundations of a semiotic turn although the linguistic turn had not even happened; but his role as a pioneer is one reason for the comparatively small response to his sematology. This volume contains a facsimile reprint of the Regensburger 1901 edition of Richard Gätschenberger’s dissertation Grundzüge einer Psychologie des Zeichens, and is preceded by a preface ‘Sematology as a Basic Science’ by Achim Eschbach.