Semiotics vs. Phenomenology — What's the Difference?

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of sign processes (semiosis), which are any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself to the sign's interpreter. The meaning can be intentional such as a word uttered with a specific meaning, or unintentional, such as a symptom being a sign of a particular medical condition.

A philosophy or method of inquiry concerned with the perception and experience of objects and events as the basis for the investigation of reality.

The theory and study of signs and symbols, especially as elements of language or other systems of communication, and comprising semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics.

A philosophical movement based on this, originated by Edmund Husserl around 1905.

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.

(philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.

(dated) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

(philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.

Same as Semeiotics.

(medicine, philosophy of medical sciences) An approach to clinical practice which places undue reliance upon subjective criteria such as signs and symptoms, while ignoring objective etiologies in the formulation of diagnoses and in the compilation of a formal nosologies.

(philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols

(physics) The use of theoretical models to make predictions that can be tested through experiments.

A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.

A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account