Peircers,
The easier-on-the-eyes blog version of my first Discussion post —
from which point it is also easier to follow the links to the
first six Selections from Peirce — is here:
{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Discussion 1
https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2017/06/26/information-comprehension-x-extension-%e2%80%a2-discussion-1/
The word “proposition” occurs only twice in the first six Selections,
once in Selection 2 and once in Selection 4, so maybe it's worth our
pausing to see how Peirce uses the word in this place and time:
{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Selection 2
https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2016/05/19/information-comprehension-x-extension-%e2%80%a2-selection-2/
“The third and last kind of representations are symbols or general representations. They connote attributes and so
connote them as to determine what they denote. To this class belong all words and all conceptions. Most combinations
of words are also symbols. A proposition, an argument, even a whole book may be, and should be, a single symbol.”
(Peirce 1866, p. 468)
{ Information = Comprehension × Extension } • Selection 4
https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2016/05/21/information-comprehension-x-extension-%e2%80%a2-selection-4/
“Accordingly, if we are engaged in symbolizing and we come to such a proposition as “Neat, swine, sheep, and deer are
herbivorous”, we know firstly that the disjunctive term may be replaced by a true symbol.” (Peirce 1866, p. 469)
For now I'll just add those two observations to the hopper,
and we can take up the issue of propositions in more detail
as it arises in the relevant context.
It is good that John Sowa read us the “Freedom Of Interpretation Act”
right at the start, as it will serve us in good stead down the road,
but again I'll have to leave its consequences until a few folks have
a chance to delve further into Peirce's text, at which point I think
it's significance will become clear.
Regards,
Jon
On 6/27/2017 5:18 PM, John F Sowa wrote:
Jon,
The subject line raises some complex issues:
Information = Comprehension × Extension
A more fundamental term is 'proposition', which is informally
defined as the "meaning" of a sentence. That meaning is usually
analyzed as comprehension (AKA intension) and extension.
Given that definition (or a more detailed analysis,
such as Frederik Stjernfelt's book) we can talk about
the many different ways of using a proposition:
1. If you state it, it's a statement.
2. If you assert it, it's an assertion.
3. If you assume it, it's an assumption.
4. If you infer it, it's an inference.
5. If it's given to you, it's data.
6. If it informs you, it's information.
7. If you know it, it's knowledge.
But the same proposition, in different contexts,
could be any or all of the above.
John
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