Auke and Jon AS, I strongly agree with Auke's analysis. I would also like to comment on the following point: AvB> God or the conception of god do not deliver valid arguments in semiotics. My interest is systematical not biographical. A biographical analysis can be useful for clarifying what Peirce meant in his voluminous writings. That is an important task for Peirce scholars. Many theologians have considered Peirce's semeiotic useful for analyzing theological arguments. But nobody, not even Peirce, has suggested that theology or any theological hypothesis is sufficiently robust to be used as a foundation for developing semeiotic. John
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