> > > Helmut, List, > > JFS: I agree with Gary that "there are no > perfect choices when it > comes to naming such things" and we > should "weed out the choices most > likely to cause > confusion." > > HR: But if we weed out too many terms, we may > not be able to talk > anymore! Can we not instead "count on > mathematicians" to tell us, how > we should define and use > "possibility" and "relation"? > > The objection > to the word 'possibility' was that it suggests a kind of > Secondnesss, > since it would involve a dyadic relation to something > else. > > My proposed revision to ADT's slide is to bring back Peirce's word > 'diagram', which is one of his favorite terms. Since every diagram > is > an icon, it belongs to the first member of (icon, index, > symbol). > > It's true that a diagram may also be considered as a > possibility, but > by itself, it's a first. The aspect of Secondness > only occurs after > somebody deliberately chooses it as a description > of something else. > > Instead of the new terms that ADT proposed, > I said that his slide 25 > could be stated more clearly and simply by > bringing back the word > 'diagram'. See below for ADT's original slide > 25. After that is my > revised version of slide 25. And just now, I > thought of an even > simpler version of ADT's last sentence. See my > new version at the > bottom. > > John > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ⺠PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . > ⺠To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message NOT to PEIRCE-L but to > l...@list.iupui.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE PEIRCE-L in the SUBJECT LINE of the > message and nothing in the body. More at > https://list.iupui.edu/sympa/help/user-signoff.html . > ⺠PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; > and co-managed by him and Ben Udell. >
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