STOI. Semiotic Theory Of Information
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Peircers,
Searching the web for other discussions of the proposition-dicisign-information
connection, with special reference to the last-cited passage from the Syllabus,
I did find one mention by Frank Ransom in the context of the De Waal seminar.
Here is a salient excerpt:
<quote>
Peirce himself mentions information in EP2, "Sundry Logical Conceptions" and
"New Elements," indicating that indices and dicisigns are required to convey
information, and in "Sundry Logical Conceptions" he says "... when we merely
seek to analyze the essential nature of the Dicisign, in general, that is, the
kind of sign that conveys information, in contradistinction to a sign from which
information may be derived" (EP2, p.275, 1998). So at least here he suggests
that signs that convey information and signs that derive information are, at
least from a formal perspective, distinct from one another. Also, I would like
to point out that in these readings, he says icons are necessary for
comprehension, while indices are necessary for extension.
</quote> (Frank Ransom, 30 Mar 2014)
☞ http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/12395
Some discussion followed, in which I made my usual recommendation on the subject
of Peirce's information theory, as always, to seek enlightenment in the lectures
of 1865-1866.
☞ ttp://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/12397
Regards,
Jon
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