List: In light of Peirce's brief experimentation with explicitly including in EGs the Continuous Predicate, "is in the relation of/to," such that it would always be the *only *Spot in a given Graph with more than one Peg, I would like to propose anew what I described previously as a "more radical revision." Mindful of his ethics of terminology, I will call the resulting diagrams Modified Existential Graphs, or MEGs. The Sheet of Assertion, existential quantification, Cuts, and transformation rules are all unchanged; however ...
1. Labeled Spots for predicates with multiple Pegs are replaced with labeled Points for Subjects, reflecting their role as the *Indexical *part of a Proposition that *denotes *its complete collective Object. 2. Multiple Lines of Identity for individuals are replaced with a single branching Line of Relation for the Continuous Predicate, reflecting its role as the *Iconic *part of a Proposition that *signifies *its Interpretant. 3. Every branch of the Line of Relation terminates at a Point for a Subject, generally read left to right as subject nominative, indirect object (if applicable), and direct object, with prepositions labeling additional branches as needed. 4. Points for Subjects that are relations are placed above the horizontal Line of Relation, while Points for Subjects that are correlates are placed at each end of it and below it. The goal here is to implement "the proper way in logic" (NEM 3:885; 1908) by carrying the analysis of each Proposition "to its ultimate limits" (SS 72; 1908). Attached are a few examples for illustration and comparison. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt >
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