STOI. Semiotic Theory Of Information
JA:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/14551
JA:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/14559
JA:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/14614
JA:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/14616
STOI-DIS. Semiotic Theory Of Information -- Discussion
SJ:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/14620
Sung,
This is Peirce's definition of a proposition 'qua' dicisign. The crux of the
definition is not mere indication of the object but "separate or independent"
indication of the object. The "dicey" part of "dicisign" means that the object
under investigation is indited by two distinct lines of evidence given in the
testimony of the proposition, so even if the object were immune from prosecution
by one line of evidence it could still be indited by the other, as it were.
But I confess that I still have much to question here, and I think we have to
treat the matter of the dicisign as an ongoing investigation.
One question that worries me especially, given all the time I've spent working
on computational implementations of propositional calculus, and most of that in
the medium of calculi related to the "alpha level" of Peirce's logical graphs,
is whether the dicisign doctrine applies to these "zeroth order" propositions,
or whether it has its designs on the level of predicate calculus exclusively.
Regards,
Jon
Sungchul Ji wrote:
> Jon,
>
> I don't understand the significance of the statement that
>
> 'A proposition is a sign which separately, or independently,
> indicates its object.'
>
> Is there a sign that does not independently indicate its object ? Can you
> give me an example or two of such a sign ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sung
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