John, I have a child. Admittedly, with mine it was a hospital alarm that made far more noise. But still, I know the sound of a baby at birth and the behavior of a newborn in its first year.
But why couldn't Peirce have written the passage, if he had witnessed it too? I have no clue. Auke > Op 5 april 2021 om 4:54 schreef "John F. Sowa" <[email protected]>: > > > I don't believe that Peirce could have written the passage below if he > had ever attended to a crying baby. The first scream at birth is a vehement > rejection of being banished from the paradise in the womb. > > > > For the initial stages, yes and no -- approvals and denials -- are the > infant's major assertions. For the first year, most of the infant's more > complex communications are by gestures. They include pointing, gimme, and > rejection as primary. Infants are able to learn simple sign language long > before they utter their first words. > > > > See the books and articles by David McNeill for more about the importance > of gestures as an essential component of language. It's a pity that Peirce > didn't have any close friends or relatives who used signed languages. They > are excellent examples of diagrammatic languages that can represent moving > three-dimensional patterns. > > . > > John > > ------------------------------- > > > > "Probably it will not be doubted that every child in its mental > development necessarily passes through a stage in which he has some ideas, > but yet has never recognised that an idea may be erroneous; and a stage that > every child necessarily passes through must have been formerly passed through > by the race in its adult development." > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ► PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . > ► To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message NOT to PEIRCE-L but to > [email protected] 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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