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> A system is a system regardless whether it is a human abstraction or not.
> A system could be real in the Peirce sense that what it does is independent
> of what we think. I am tempted to say nothing is just anything. Everything
> is something. A weather system is real. A system for
Irrespective of the semiotic-relational aspects of a silicon atom with other
atoms, molecules and crystals within a rock, a rock is not a holon (mind-body)
to which the principles of semiotics and pragmatism can apply. The notion is
credible within localized contexts, such as crystal formation,
List, John, Stephen:
A few technical comment from a chemist may be helpful here because the
semiotics of chemical sciences developed a forma logic for relationships among
all chemical elements. The logical formalism is virtually complete but minor
enhancements are necessary from time to time
I think that anywhere that choice can be said to exist there freedom also
exists and from our point of view and perhaps all others chance as well. I
think we are on the threshold of learning more and more about the reality
of which we are all part. In the song "Idiot Wind" Dylan says 'it's a
John, Edwina
Even though I am not a chemist, I chose my words very carefully! My choice of
the two words "silicon molecule" specifically precludes the word "atom". What
you are saying, with regards to how a silicon atom combines with other atoms
into molecules is fine.
And then there is the
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John - exactly, I fully agree - and nicely said. AND in addition,
all these processes are semiosic and involve Mind.
Edwina
On Sun 18/02/18 10:24 AM , John F Sowa s...@bestweb.net sent:
On 2/18/2018 7:40 AM,
On 2/18/2018 7:40 AM, Stephen Jarosek wrote:
As far as the silicon molecule is concerned, the stone has no context
that is relevant to it. The silicon molecule receives no cue from the
stone as to what its properties should be.
That is not true. A silicon atom behaves in very different ways
