David LaChance says:
Joseph, I can't recall what that message was, but the quote
you are looking might be this one, where Peirce says that his
CD [i.e. Century Dictionary] definitions
“were necessarily rather vaguely expressed, in order to describe the
popular usage of terms, and in some cases we
List,
I am trying to sharpen my understanding of the concept of index with respect to a natural or an artificial language. I was struck by the number of entries, at least in the Commens Dictionary, that fail to isolate what is essential for distinguishing an index from a subindice with respect to
Jim:
"Subindex" is not a Peircean term,
is it? What is it and why should Peirce be concerned to distinguish
an index from it?
Joe Ransdell
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Joe, Jim,
Joe wrote,
> Jim:
> "Subindex" is not a Peircean term, is it? What is it and why should Peirce
> be concerned to distinguish an index from it?
> Joe Ransdell
I recently posted about the index and the subindex. Friday, February 10, 2006
2:51 PM, Subject: [peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: S
You say,
"Subindex" is not a Peircean term, is it? What is it and why should Peirce be concerned to distinguish an index from it?
Joe,
The Commens Dictionary (online) has a single entry for "Subindex" in the left side roll down window. It links to the following passage from CP2.274. But Peir
I have a short entry on Korzybski in the Dictionary of Modern American
Philosophers; the reference is:
"Korzybski, Alfred Vladislavovich Habdank Skarbek (1879-1950)", in John R.
Shook (ed.), Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 1860-1960 (Bristol:
Thoemmes Press, 2005), vol. 3: K-Q, p.
Jim and Ben:
Sorry to be so obtuse. I've
been away from the list for several days except for very brief periods and
didn't do my homework on the topic before I posted. I have to do
a bit of reading and re-reading before posting more. (He does speak
of subindices, in any case, so ...)
Joseph, all,There are a number of such statements of Peirce's expressing his dissatisfaction with the Century Dictionary. But Peirce's attitude toward the editors (and other contributors, and the Dictionary itself, etc.) varied widely, from admiration to frustration and contempt; conversely, the at
Ben
I guess it comes down in part to whether a proper name is an individual or not. One passage suggests that it has the character of a law (legisign). But the application of the law would be through the occurence of a sin sign. Another passage suggests that it is not an individual. If it is not a
