At 10:11 PM 1/25/2015, Jeffrey Brian Downard wrote:
I think Peirce has his finger on a nice way of framing the key
question when he says: "In short, the problem of how genuine
triadic relationships first arose in the world is a better, because
more definite, formulation of the problem of how life first came
about; and no explanation has ever been offered except that of pure
chance, which we must suspect to be no explanation, owing to the
suspicion that pure chance may itself be a vital phenomenon."
Thank you, Jeffrey, for that fascinating quote. Of course the origin
is still a mystery, but I think Peirce would have been excited by von
<http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs379c/archive/2012/suggested_reading_list/supplements/documents/Neumann1966.pdf>Neumann's
theory self-replication (see pp. 81-87) which I believe is the first
logically and empirically supported triadic relation, and it requires
symbolic description.
Howard
Jeff Downard
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
NAU
(o) 523-8354
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At 09:02 PM 1/25/2015, Jeffrey Brian Downard wrote:
>While he [Peirce] does explore this idea in places, he suggests
>elsewhere that can't find any clear examples of genuine sign
>relations outside of living or intelligent systems.
I believe Frederik says this, but where does Peirce say this?
Howard
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