I certainly agree. Things are neither mechanical or linear. How complex things are in themselves will vary. In terms of daily existence, a practical outcome might not in itself be complex. In terms of the way things proliferate without end, of course, that complexity is inevitable. Life!
amazon.com/author/stephenrose On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > Stephen, list > > I would instead say that all 'things that emerge' are aspects of Mind and > thus, are Signs. That is, I don't think that the Mind is a 'box'..and that > things 'come up in the mind'. Mind emerges as matter. We not only think in > Signs but we ARE Signs. A bacterium is a Sign, an insect is a Sign, a word > is a Sign. > > The most basic component nature of this Sign, as I see it, of this > Mind-as-Matter, if we break it down, is the dynamic triad - and I emphasize > both its complexity and its dynamism. The basic Set is a complex system, > actually, a CAS, a complex adaptive system. It's made up of the IO-R-II - > which forms the 'host' Mind-as-Matter, so to speak. But it doesn't do so > without being connected - all the time - to its external environment, or > DOs. Multiple DOs. > > So, a simple CAS or Sign, is a bacterium, which is an active mass, of > Mind-as-Matter, in constant networked interaction with external > stimuli/information [breadth][DOs] which it transforms, not translates, but > transforms within its organizational nature [depth] , to more > Mind-as-Matter [DIs]. > > This pragmatic process of transformation is achieved by that basic > complex set: [IO-R-II] - where input data/information, the IO, is > transformed by the mediative actions of the Representamen, into a first > internal interpretation, the II. This will in the majority of cases become > part of another existential Mind-as-Matter, the DI....which is another > triadic basic set: [IO-R-II]…. > > Not only does this semiosic process [IO-R-II] gather data from multiple > sources [DOs] but - the fact that it does so within three categorical modes > of 1ns, 2ns, 3ns, enables a richness of data input and processing. > > This is obviously not a linear process but a dynamic or transformative one > - and to me, Peircean semiosis is transformative; its constant > modal interactions of both breadth and depth enables change as well as > stability. > > That is - to break down the semiosic process - of the basic set of three, > the triad, plus the other three parts of the interaction - ie. the > DO-[IO-R-II]-DI-FI into linear parts that ignores the transformative > complex actions that take place - misses the Peircean semiosic reality. > > This is not a mechanical linear process; it's complex - which means - > that the parts in the full set don't just move data along from site to > site; they transform it because they hold the categorical abilities in them > - to do so. The Representamen, as mediation, holds that power - and to > ignore this powerful mediative action, to me, ignores the reality of > Peircean semiosis. > > Edwina > > >
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