Jon,
I completely agree with the following paragraph:
JAS> Put another way, a who or what question is often a rheme, such that the
answer fills in the blank to complete the proposition. "___ retrieved the book"
becomes "My dog retrieved the book." "The man gave his wife ___" becomes "The
man
John, List:
At the risk of belaboring the point, I will take one more stab at showing
why I think that Peirce would *not *have agreed with distinguishing 1ns,
2ns, and 3ns by aligning them with the answers to who/what/when/where, how,
and why questions as (allegedly) monadic, dyadic, and triadic.
I have to shovel snow right now, but I'll briefly explain the two sentences.
JAS>
JAS: How did the woman obtain the brooch? Her husband gave it to her.
JFS: The verb 'give' is triadic. It implies a dyadic physical transfer (answer
to How) plus the reason why: a gift includes the reason why the tr
Jerry, Jon, List,
Helmut had an excellent suggestion: Every why-question can be answered with a
because-answer. Therefore, every instance of Thirdness can be explained in
sentence that contains the word 'because'. See my comments below and Helmut's
original note below that.
If you find my or
Helmut, List:
Peirce's three universal categories (1ns/2ns/3ns) are discovered in the
primal positive science of phaneroscopy (quality/reaction/mediation) and
diagrammatized in the hypothetical science of mathematics
(monadic/dyadic/triadic relations).
I do not know whether anyone has posted a ma
Helmut,
Thanks for mentioning the word 'because'. That's another way to explain the
3-way connection that answers a why-question, In general, every instance of
thirdness that relates (A B C) can be explained by a sentence of the form "A is
related to B because C."But some linguistic tran
List, Jon
> On Feb 14, 2024, at 12:56 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt
> wrote:
>
> There are indeed six classes of signs according to their dyadic relations
> with their two external interpretants (immediate is internal), but they have
> nothing to do with "the six basic question words.”
Thanks for poi
John, List:
It seems that we both made mistakes when addressing the e-mails reproduced
below. I apologize for sending mine to the List, it was intended for only
Gary as its moderator. Because of our unfortunate history of contentious
interactions, I often use him as a sounding board whenever I con
Supplement: Ok, I can access Commens Dictionary again!
John, List,
The answer to "why", "because" always needs two premisses, with itself being the third. So a thirdness is the answer to "why". Firstness can just say "I". Secondness is a second following a first, and so can say "I am
John, List,
The answer to "why", "because" always needs two premisses, with itself being the third. So a thirdness is the answer to "why". Firstness can just say "I". Secondness is a second following a first, and so can say "I am". Obviously, just by having a first for predecessor, not because
Jon, List,
Thank you for noting that I had intended to push the SEND ALL button for my
previous note (copied at the end).
But I stand by my claim that every example of Thirdness can be interpreted as
an answer to a question that begins with the word "Why".
I agree with your point that every si
Evgenii, List,
The reason for the bacterium is its need. Its individual need is contained inside its boundary (membrane, skin), but its need is similar with that of all bacteria and other organisms: Nutrition. The latin word is causa finalis. The stone does not have a need, it falls down due to
1st Pan African Logic Congress
The logic of nature & the nature of logic in Africa
April 28–30, 2024 - The British University in Egypt, Cairo
This congress aims to promote logic in Africa. It is focused on Nature in a
double sense. Wildlife is very important in Africa, the flora and fauna are
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Am 15.02.2024 um 04:11 schrieb John F Sowa:
The biologist Lynn Margulis explained that all living things from
bacteria on up exhibit goal-directed actions that non-living things
never do. Her simplest example is a bacterium swimming upstream in a
glucose gradient.
No non-living things would eve
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