Vol. 53 No. 4 (2025): Published December 30, 2025
DOI https://doi.org/10.18799/26584956/2025/4/2040
Significance of Ch.S. Peirce's and A.N. Whitehead's ideas in the era of digital technologies
Contemporary society experiences an intense acceleration of information flows, leading to a loss of depth and substantive richness of symbols. The importance of analyzing human interaction with new symbolic systems stems from the increasing role of technologies influencing forms and methods of communication. This article investigates the philosophical concepts of Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead, whose ideas at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries remain highly relevant under modern digital technologies and intensive informational exchanges. The relevance of this study lies in the need for methodological tools to explore rapid communicative processes where signs and symbols retain their primary significance as indicators of impact. Understanding the dynamics of symbolic processes helps preserve cultural diversity and humanistic values amidst the rapidly changing digital world. Aim. Based on identifying commonalities and interconnections between the philosophical concepts of Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead within the context of understanding the symbol and its role in cognitive and communicative processes, the paper proposes a methodological framework applicable to contemporary digital era conditions. Results. It was demonstrated how the philosophical concepts of Peirce and Whitehead reveal important patterns and trends in the development of modern digital communication. It was found that the ideas of these philosophers possess significant potential for explaining and predicting the evolution of symbolic systems in conditions characterized by intense information exchange and rapid technological progress. Conclusion. The philosophical concepts developed by Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries continue to be relevant and valuable today in the context of the current digital age. Peirce's semiotic concept and Whitehead's process philosophy allow us to effectively analyze and explain communication processes in the context of the rapid dissemination of information and the development of digital technologies, emphasizing the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of symbolic structures.
Keywords:
semiotics, process, symbol, communication, cognition, C.S. Peirce, A.N. Whitehead, semeiosis, information technology, digital world
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