On 5/2/2019 11:09 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote:
I intend to explore further the analogy that he drew between this and continuous semeiosis vs. definite Propositions, which amount to instantaneous snapshots of Arguments as captured by EGs on a Sheet of Assertion.
The continuous predicates have nothing to do with time or motion. For example, on p. NEM 3:164, Peirce wrote
The line of identity can be regarded as a graph composed of any number of dyads "——is——" or as a single dyad.
Continuity implies that the following graphs are synonymous: rose——red, rose——is——red, rose——is——is——is——is——red. But all three state logically equivalent propositions. They describe a snapshot of a red rose. The same principle holds for all other continuous predicates: the graphs before and after any replacement of an ordinary predicate with a continuous predicate are logically equivalent. To represent time and motion in three dimensions, Peirce very much wanted to generalize the graphs to stereoscopic moving pictures. See NEM 3:191 in the same letter to Mr. Kehler. For copies of those pages, see http://jfsowa.com/peirce/eg1911.pdf John
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