近年来,一门称作符号学或符号论的科学开始崛起,并逐渐成为世界性的话题。许多国家都成立了符号学学会,并有“国际符号学会”问世,国际性的符号学研讨会也已召开了数次。一方面,就日本国内的情况而言,五、六年前,日本符号学会宣告成立,并开始组织延揽各方面的专家学者举行跨学科的学术活动。观其阵容,于哲学家、语言学家之外,还有文学家、心理学家、文化人类学家、建筑学家、美学家、画家、作曲家、电影导演、广告学家、数学家、政治学家、甚至包括计算机科学家、装帧设计师等都积极参加活动,真可谓是人才济济。 In recent years, a science called semiotic or semioticism has begun to emerge and has gradually become a global topic. Many countries have set up the Institute of Semiology, with the advent of the International Symposium on Symbols and the International Semiotics Symposium held several times. On the one hand, with regard to the domestic situation in Japan, the Japanese Symbol Society was proclaimed five or six years ago and began to organize experts and scholars in various fields to hold interdisciplinary academic activities. In addition to philosophers and linguists, there are also writers, psychologists, cultural anthropologists, architects, estheticians, painters, composers, film directors, advertisers, mathematicians, Political scientists, even computer scientists and fashion designers, are all actively involved in the event.