Hi John: A bit speculative but certainly not totally implausible.
The tone of the message leaves little doubt about his level of frustration with his colleagues. By the way, the phrase: > that the latter is thereby mediately determined by the former. > Is a bit over stated. In order to assert a sign (as a set of signals derived from chemical analysis) determines the object, a massive amount of laboratory work as well as numerous calculations may be essential. The simpler the molecule, the less work need to assign the structure. The more perplex the molecule, the more connections to identity and hence the greater investment in laboratory work needed to decode the interior relationships among the atoms of the molecule. Cheers Jerry > On Jan 19, 2023, at 11:04 PM, John F Sowa <s...@bestweb.net> wrote: > > Literally, Cerberus was the three-headed dog that guarded the gates to the > underworld. But who did Peirce have in mind when he wrote the following > paragraph in a letter to Lady Welby on 25 December 1908? > "I define a Sign as anything which is so determined by something else, called > its Object, and so determines an effect upon a person, which effect I call > its Interpretant, that the latter is thereby mediately determined by the > former. My insertion of 'upon a person' is a sop to Cerberus, because I > despair of making my own broader conception understood." > > Could it be Carus, who guarded the gates to the Monist? Note that both names > begin with C and end with RUS. > > John > > > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ► 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 > . > ► 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 . > ► PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; and > co-managed by him and Ben Udell.
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