Auke, List:
I did not say that doubt is a habit, I said that a belief is a habit (of
conduct), such that "the resolution of doubt into belief" is a habit-change.
Since I deny that a quality *in itself* can be a sign of anything other
than itself--which is trivial, since everything is a sign of
Gary F., List:
GF: First, in the real world there is no disembodied mind and no
disembodied semiosis. Hence there is no context-free semiosis.
I agree, but as I stated, "My purpose is to analyze the process of
semeiosis *in general*"; i.e., the aspects of semeiosis that are operative
in *every
Thank you Jon, you're a providence. The flow is fed by so many different
sources that it becomes almost impossible to navigate. When we create a
thread it happens that very quickly cuckoos come to lay their eggs so big
that they bring down your children chicks from the nest ... I understood
that
Dear Jon, Edwina, and list.
Thank you for your comments and questions. I am writing an explanation of
the class #5 that also explains a little bit of how I see the expanded
system functioning. I will send it to the list soon.
Meanwhile, uploaded the images that didn't appear in the message on my
Robert, Jon A S, Gary F, Helmut, Peircers ...
There were numerous issues stemming from Robert's post and paper,
some central and some tangential, which attracted my interest and
which I hope I can get back to. Seeing as how some of the earliest
issues got a little lost in the flood of
Gary F. John, list,
Gary, I agree. But think you are to hard on John.
It does make sense to look at a token. I did it multiple times with art
students, comparing two stages in their design process, sign aspect after sign
aspect. Always with the qustion: why is the latter better, then the
Jon Alan, List,
I think that by now our discussion about interpretants has been carried trough
to a sufficient degree. In the sense that the respective positions have been
clarified as far as possible and no further gain is to be expected.
Yust one note about doubt supposed to be a habit. The
Jon, I guess I’d better restate my point about semiotic “analysis” as simply as
I can:
First, in the real world there is no disembodied mind and no disembodied
semiosis. Hence there is no context-free semiosis. Analysis of an instance of
semiosis, whether that instance is observed or merely
