Abstract:

 Indexcality, as the real connection between a sign and its object, is causal, spatial, and relational. Indexicality is scaffolding of priori intention of and directs cognition by any living organism, the semiotic subject. Since priori intention consists of First, Second and Third, indexcality as its scaffoding could be considered as primary. Yet, in the semiosis process, indexcality appears on the basis of iconicity and therefore is secondness, which could be seen in the biosemiotic activities.

Key words: secondness, indexcality, priori intention