Edwina, List: I never have and never would set myself up as gatekeeper to Peirce or some kind of authoritative interpreter of his writings. What I have argued in the past, but have no desire to rehash now, is that some readings of Peirce (or any other author) are more legitimate than others. Instead, I respectfully would like to suggest that when we discuss semeiotic concepts and terminology, we should be clear about the specific level of Peirce's architectonic classification of the sciences in which we are operating. There are at least three that seem to come up regularly.
1. The normative science of logic as semeiotic. 2. The metaphysical doctrine of semeiotic realism. 3. The special science of biology, which includes biosemiotics. This order corresponds not only to how they are arranged in Peirce's scheme, but also to how much he had to say directly about them during his lifetime. As such, I acknowledge that there is more freedom in biosemiotics--the topic of this particular thread--than in the philosophical aspects of semeiotic (logic and metaphysics) to go well beyond anything that Peirce explicitly stated, while still remaining within the scope of broadly Peircean views. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > Just one other comment. I think that we have to be careful on this list > [and I am NOT referring to you, John] that we do not set ourselves up as > gatekeepers to Peirce. One or two people on this list seem to think that > way - i.e.,I've been told several times that my views are 'UnPeircean'. My > response is that we are all equal; I, for example, am as smart and as dumb > as any other person. I don't think that anyone can tell another person that > their views are 'unPeircean' or are 'not Peirce' because none of us are the > Authoritative Gatekeepers of What is Peirce. All one can say is: 'I > disagree with your view'.....and outline your own view. That's it. >
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