Helmut, I suggested back on July 12, 2015, that the thread be brought
back to explicit relations to Peirce - I did see that the thread had
earlier been explicitly or at least clearly related to Peirce. You made
the same kind of point very well on July 2 2015, saying It is
Peirce-related only
Thank you, Ben, for your detailed explanation. I understand it completely. From time to time I had the instinctive urge to contradict one or the other theory that had appeared in the thread. Now, about Instincts, there is a discussion in Biosemiotics List (Ozzie, are you a member of Biosemiotics
Yes, this seems to me to be very much an Early Modern view of instinct that I
would associate with Peirce. It puts too much emphasis on reason (whatever that
is – you can find a few talks of mine on my web site that argue that values and
reason cannot be separated in the way that this quote
Edwina, lists,
Peirce most likely would have liked your chicken soup (not for any semiotic
reasons but for a gastronomic one) and Prigogine's Brusselator (for a
molecular semiotic reason).
All the best.
Sung
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Edwina Taborsky tabor...@primus.ca wrote:
So,
Sung -
I asked a few days ago about your table (which you have now updated), but I did
not understand your reply:
My Question: Does your attached exhibit demonstrate that scientists/thinkers
universally use signs ... ?
Sung:
A good question. What I meant to say with the table was that all
Thanks to everyone who responded, but especially to Miguel for sending this
gem. Now I just have to figure out what lies behind it.
I agree with Jeff that the Century Dictionary entries are not particularly
useful.
I should be asleep. Best to all,
John
From: mig...@cegri.es
John,
I guess I would say that inquiry into inquiry reveals that we have an instinct
for inquiry.
(as Oedipus found to his dismay)
Regards,
Jon
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com
On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, John Collier colli...@ukzn.ac.za wrote:
Thanks to everyone who responded, but
John,
I guess I would say that inquiry into inquiry reveals that we have an instinct
for inquiry.
(as Oedipus found to his dismay)
Regards,
Jon
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com
On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, John Collier colli...@ukzn.ac.za wrote:
Thanks to everyone who responded, but
