[peirce-l] Re: Peirce and Prigogine

2006-05-05 Thread gnusystems
Helmut, My earlier message may have been unclear, but what i meant was pretty much equivalent to what you say here: [[ In a general sense, Peirce did indeed anticipate the possibility of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The possibility of new types of order in far-from-the-equilibrium situations

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-05-05 Thread Jim Piat
Ben Udell wrote: But first, on a general note, let me say that among the issues driving my current display of confusion error, is the question: if comprehension is for quality predicate, while denotation is for objects (resistances/reactions), then what dimension is for representational

[peirce-l] Re: Category Theory CSP

2006-05-05 Thread Jim Piat
Bernard Morand wrote: Nice Jim! I had the feeling that I was blundering just at the time of writing that the categories in the sense of maths have no denotation nor connotation . However I could not see where the blunder was. So I decided to let the idea as it was and see what will happen.

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-05-05 Thread Gary Richmond
Jim, Ben, list Jim wrote: An object is anything that can be represented. Abstract objects such as relations also have forms and locations that can be connoted and denoted as discussed below. It is my view (and I think Peirce's) that words or symbols such as not, probably, if etc refer