Semiotics · Philosophy · Cognitive Science

Douglas Niño

Working within an approach called Agentive Semiotics, he studies the constitution of meaning in agents’ experience, its production, circulation, interpretation or consumption, and the resources involved in these processes. His research also examines applications of this approach in different fields and areas of social and cultural life.

His work connects with traditions such as phenomenology and American pragmatism, as well as specific areas within cognitive science, logic, semantics, the social sciences and the humanities.

Bogotá, Colombia

Current research

Meaning in the course of action

Current research develops Agentive Semiotics and Agentive Semantics. It examines how anticipation and execution relate to each other in activity and how agents organize and revise their models of events.

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Recent publications

A selection, 2024–2025

  1. 2025

    Book chapter

    Abductive Cognition in Agentive Semiotics: A Proposal

    Douglas Niño · Abductive Minds · Springer · pp. 137–157

  2. 2024

    Journal article

    Embodied agentive habits: between sedimentation and ongoing ground

    Douglas Niño · Semiotica · 260 · pp. 83–117

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