ABSTRACT
Dr. Erich Jantsch, born in Vienna 1929, died in Berkeley, California 1980, was an astrophysicist, adviser of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development co-founder of the Club of Rome and guest professor with research assignments at various American and European universities". In the various presentations of biosemiotic theory, the concept of meaning as the semantic aspect of all sign systems, always has been uppermost and is part and parcel of people research method of semiotics. Jantsch extends his criticism of Charles Darwin's evolution theory with an unusual knowledge of the subject. He leaves the pure scientific system of thought in order to found his use of the concepts "spontaneous organization" and "spontaneous transcendency". Jantsch succeeded, in spite of his start in physics and chemistry, to present evolution as the spontaneous organization of the universe and directed by a mind and striving for meaning.
