Abstract

In this paper, I will try to establish a parallel between Charles S. Peirce’s and Ernst Bloch’s theory of categories. Both the authors hypothesise a phenomenological foundation for their theory of categories: categories are elements of Experience and products of Praxis. Nevertheless, Bloch’s phenomenology is characterised by a peculiar aspect: according to Bloch, the gestural dimension plays a fundamental role in the Knowledge Process, positing the category of ‘Possibility’. In line with Maddalena’s analyses on the relation between ‘Complete Gesture’ and ‘Work’, I will try to illustrate that the parallel between Bloch and Peirce can be extended, by including the semiotic dimension of gesture.