Jon S, List,
First, let me point out that I believe a number of arguments were offered in
the post. The simplest argument was a mere colligation of separate points. The
richer argument, I think, was explanatory in character. Having said that, let
me try to comply with your request. Please be
List:
This attachment has a corrected version of the third EG. I also now
realize that in light of the transformation rules, the second EG is
unsuccessful at capturing how the triadic relation of mediating is *irreducible
*to the dyadic relations of determining.
Jon S.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4
Jeff, List:
Please provide specific quotes from "The Logic of Mathematics" (or other
writings of Peirce) to support your claim that "any sign that is general in
character ... have the nature of genuine triadic relations." If that were
the case, then what would be the three correlates of such rela
Hello Jon S, List,
Does the sign itself constitute a triadic relationship? You say, No. It is the
first correlate of a triadic relation, but it is not itself a triadic relation.
Let me adopt the other side of the argument and see what points I can marshall
in its favor.
First, I'd like to po
Stephen R., List:
Do you likewise think that there are no principles of physics, since matter
and energy exist prior to any thinking of them? or of chemistry, since
elements and compounds exist prior to any thinking of them? or of biology,
since plants and animals exist prior to any thinking of
I think there are no semiotic principles since signs exist prior to any
thinking of them and are only ours second hand as it were. They are the
objective/subjective (i.e. triadic) receptions of consciousness. They
become tangible to us according to the process we engage in to understand
them. There
Gary F and Jon AS,
GF
I’ve just been on a wild goose chase trying to check out Peirce’s
cryptic remarks about his choice of “blot” in L 376.
I checked Cora's etymological dictionaries. The one that traces
Greek roots to Indo-European doesn't mention φλἀω. Another says
that φλἀω is rare in At
