Edwina, Please see my response to Mike.
I used the word 'intentionality' because it (or something like it) is involved in all human actions. For example, I can intentionally walk to the store. But what about each step in the walk? In effect, it is intentional, but it's only conscious when there is a puddle or a broken place in the sidewalk. Other animals at every level and even plants act upon principles that would be called intentional if they had been human. But consciousness is not necessary. And even for humans, all actions appear to have the some kind of intentionality, but the actors themselves will often say that they did it "absent mindedly". But absent minded actions are often done when people are "multitasking", such as talking on their cell phones while crossing the street and getting run over by a bus. They didn't intend to get run over by the bus, but they did intend to cross the street. The steps of walking were not conscious, but they were necessary parts of an intentional process. In effect, Thirdness is involved in every intentional action. And every instance of Thirdness by any living being could be called intentional if a human did it. Can anybody find an example of Thirdness in any of Peirce's writings that could not be considered intentional if it had been performed by a human? John ---------------------------------------- From: "Edwina Taborsky" <tabor...@primus.ca> List I agree with Mike. Thirdness, in my view, does not imply or require intentionality. That, after all, suggests some kind of consciousness - and I think we find Thirdness in chemical and physical matter - and these forms of matter do not include consciousness. I have a problem with the quote of “Continuity presents 3ns almost to perfection’ 1.337. I think that the rules of Thirdness CAN and must be, for a certain period of time, ‘continuous and stable.After all- we cannot live iin a world where a cat suddenly transforms into a dog. BUT, since thirdness also includes 2ns and 1ns, then, it contains within itself, the ability to interact with other units of matter - as well as chance - and thus, has the capacity to accept more data and thus, change these ‘continuous rules’ and so, adapt and evolve. Again - I consider that Peircean ‘continuity’ is not 3ns but is the continuous morphological semiosis formation of energy-into-matter - which is ongoing [ or else, as has been pointed out, entropy sneaks in]…. Edwina
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