“The Possible And The Actual” Endeavour(s) Through Dynamic And Semiotic Model Of Meaning

Élias Rizkallah

Élias Rizkallah Université du Québec À Montreal (UQAM), Centre d’ATO

Keywords: geometrical data analysis, logic of discovery, situated sensemaking, illustrative variables, abductive reasoning

Abstract

In spite of achieving a great and very significant deal of work by elaborating a field and a dynamic model of meaning, the paper of Salvatore & Venuleo (2013) solicits some remarks; on the one hand, they are about the potential (but not yet achieved) contributions of the model to the social representations field of studies, especially understanding semiotically the “meaning of meaning” process; on the other hand, they are about the link between its data analysis framework (Geometric Data Analysis) and some epistemological considerations (logic of discovery). Some recommendations and orientations are discussed.

Author Biography

Élias Rizkallah, Université du Québec À Montreal (UQAM), Centre d’ATO

ELIAS RIZKALLAH is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec À Montreal (UQAM) from 2010. After completing a Phd degree (Université Laval, Canada) in the field of social representations and a Master degree in Information Science (Université de Montreal), his current research interests are in methodology applied in the field of social representations as well as in discourse analysis, especially R & D in computer assisted textual data analysis (Centre d’ATO, UQAM).