Re: [PEIRCE-L] Who was Cerberus?

2023-01-19 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
Hi John: A bit speculative but certainly not totally implausible. The tone of the message leaves little doubt about his level of frustration with his colleagues. By the way, the phrase: > that the latter is thereby mediately determined by the former. > Is a bit over stated. In order to

[PEIRCE-L] Who was Cerberus?

2023-01-19 Thread John F Sowa
Literally, Cerberus was the three-headed dog that guarded the gates to the underworld. But who did Peirce have in mind when he wrote the following paragraph in a letter to Lady Welby on 25 December 1908? "I define a Sign as anything which is so determined by something else, called its