Thanks very much for the quote Joe. The last sentence puzzles me. Will
have to think about it: seems like Peirce considered lately that he had
earlier put erroneously some considerations related to the (dynamic)
interpretant into his characterizations of the relation of the object
to the sign. This is a common mistake that we all do everyday.
Bernard
Joseph Ransdell a ¨crit :
Bernard says::,
Joe and list,
I agree with the idea of being very cautious with the 10 trichotomies
classification. You are right I think in recalling that it was work in
progress for Peirce.
I would be very interested too in reading the material you are refering
to below if you can make it available to the list in one way or the other.
However, I think that your concluding sentence is excessively narrow
when you write that 1) the theory did not reach any stable state and 2)
it can't be reasonably represented as being Peirce's view.
REPLY:
I'll reply more extensively later in the day, Bernard, but the basis for
my saying this is as follows, from MS 339D.662 (1909 Nov 1)
=========quote Peirce================
During the past 3 years I have been resting from my work on the Division of
Signs and have only lately -- in the last week or two -- been turning back
to it; and I find my work of 1905 better than any since that time, though
the latter doubtless has value and must not be passed by without
consideration.
Looking over the book labelled in red "The Prescott Book," and also this one
[the "Logic Notebook", MS 339], I find the entries in this book of
"Provisional Classification of 1906 March 31st" and of 1905 Oct 13
particularly in imporant from my present (accidentally limited, no doubt)
point of view; particularly in regard to the point made in the Prescott
Book, 1909 Oct 21, and what immediately precedes that in that book but is
not dated.
Namely, a good deal of my early attempts to define this difference besween
Icon, Index, & Symbol, were adulterated with confusion with the distinction
as to the Reference of the Dynamic Interpretant to the Sign.
============end quote======================
Joe Ransdell
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