Edwina, List: I expect Robert to correct me promptly and publicly if I am the one misreading his paper, and I hope that he will do likewise if you are the one misreading his paper. However, it is his prerogative to let our arguments stand on their own, if that is his preference.
You said earlier, "the first correlate, is the simplest, because it determines all three." I pointed out that this is incorrect--the first correlate (sign) *only *determines the third correlate (interpretant), while the second correlate (object) determines the first correlate (sign). Again, *these *are what Robert refers to as "two determinations" in section 2.3, quoting EP 2:391 (1906) and bolding the key phrases. He indeed discusses *a priori* and *a posteriori* throughout the paper, but not as "two determinations." In Peirce's 1903 speculative grammar, the sign does not *determine *the object, and the object does not *determine *the interpretant. As Robert notes, he did not start using the term "determines" in this way until 1905. Moreover, the second and third trichotomies are not for the object *itself *and the interpretant *itself*, they are for the sign's *relation *to its (dynamical) object and the sign's *relation *to its (final) interpretant. The sign *logically constrains* the sign-object relation, which *logically constrains* the sign-interpretant relation; that is why the three trichotomies yield ten sign classes instead of 27. As for one sign having two objects and three interpretants, I ask again--if not genuine, genuine/degenerate, and genuine/degenerate/doubly degenerate in accordance with Peirce's phaneroscopic categories, what other basis would you suggest for establishing that there are exactly these six correlates? Is it just a coincidence that they precisely match up with Robert's podium diagram? And I repeat, for the umpteenth time--this has nothing to do with the fact that *all *the correlates and their external relations have *their own* trichotomies of "categorical modes" (1ns/2ns/3ns) or universes (possible/existent/necessitant). Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt / twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote: > JAS, list > > I think it's up to Robert Marty to inform me if I am misreading his paper. > Not you. > > 1] Nor am I saying that his ’two determinations’ are ’the sign determining > both of the other two correlates'. I am referring to his clear outline of > an a priori determination and an a posteriori determination. You seem to > ignore this analysis. > > These are as he outlines: > - a priori : This is a cognitive movement, involving Mind or Quasi Mind > from the First correlate [ the Sign/Representamen] becoming activated..to > interact with the Object [ which is providing the data stimulus which the > Mind picks up]..and moving on to arrive at the Meaning, the Interpretant. > This is the cognitive processing from S/R->O->I. > > - a posteriori- this is the informational movement of data from the Object > via the mediating Sign/Representamen, to the Interpretant. This is strictly > about the movement and transformation of data from O->R/S-I. > > You are ignoring this analysis of TWO determinations - a priori and a > posteriori. > > 2] Your opinion that there is a genuine object and a degenerate object has > no basis, as far as I know, in any of Peirce’s work. The terms ‘genuine’ > and ‘degenerate’ are used by Peirce to refer to the categorical > modes, where, for example, there is a pure quantitative Secondness [2-2] > Secondness operating totally within reactive brute force; this is defined > as ‘genuine’. And a *qualitative* Secondness [2-1] which is Secondness > operating within the ambiguity and lack of measurable clarity found in > Firstness. The same can be found within Thirdness [ 3-3, which is genuine > abstract generality] and 3-2 [ which is a degenerate generality of > indexical connection] and 3-1 which is a double degenerate generality of > iconic generality. . > > I totally disagree with your moving this account of the categories, in > their genuine and degenerate modes, into defining the three Interpretants. > After all- your doing so denies the fact that the full set of Interpretants > can be in any one of the categorical modes..And certainly, the S/R can > function in any of these three modes of Thirdness! > > Edwina >
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