Hi Jacob,
Welcome to the list. Nowadays I only occasionally follow what's going
on. But I happened to read your mail. Which did arouse my interest
because I once, well, a long time ago, cherished the idea of giving a
paper on Peirce and Hegel. I had been reading Die Phänomenogie des
Geistes
Jacob, many different modes-of-being-part-of the list (that's a relation, too, I guess) exist, and I am not that active, but I follow parts of the discussions, by chance and circumstancesallowing me the time.
I think Peirce the scientist can be said to have a reductionist approach to relations