Hi Bill, you wrote:
I think it is not very useful to speak of signs as existing in the
same process as existential objects, but if we must, perhaps we can
say, "Yes, signs exist, but much faster than objects do."
Well yes I guess so. The sign function may be construed (rather
simplistically) as an event where some "segment" of "expression
continuum" is perceived as entering into, or being brought into,
relation with some "segment" of "meaning continuum".
If we are considering any kind of culturally contingent sign
processes we normally will have to try and take into account the
varying amounts of time and energy consumption and different forms of
effort that are associated with our semiotic "use" of the many
different possible forms and mediums of expression that may be
brought into play during the course of sign production and
interpretation processes.
Thought is just one of these.
Thoughts flash by, words take longer to speak, and even longer to
write down - especially if we want others to understand what they are
supposed to mean.
The production of cinema, theatre and ballet performances, each will
have their own specific time and energy consumption requirements.
Diagrams, sketches and pictures written on paper have their own time
and energy consumption requirements, "digital" variants of the same
objects theirs.
But it seems to me that if we adopt a process perspective on
semiosis, what becomes central is that the "existence" of both signs
and objects becomes conceivable of as a transient form of "reality"
(of varying durability and speed), and it also seems feasible that
the inherent transience of signs and objects, and the various types
of transitivity that may be attributed to them in the course of the
(intersubjective, or other) negotiation of their potential meanings
in different situations and contexts must be closely interrelated
aspects of this "reality" and/or "existence".
Best regards
Patrick
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Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Sciences
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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