Thanks, Gary. I'm still working my way through Stjernfelt's* Diagrammatology *(another important work imo), but I've ordered *Natural Propositions* and will begin reading it immediately upon its arrival.
Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Gary Fuhrman <[email protected]> wrote: > Frederik Stjernfelt's new book *Natural Propositions* is now available, > at least in the U.S., for a very reasonable price, and I think it's a > must-read for both Peirceans and biosemioticians. Those involved in the > empirical sciences of biology and psychology often take for granted things > that logicians and linguists overlook, and *vice versa*, resulting in > misunderstandings on both sides. Stjernfelt's explanation of "the actuality > of Peirce's doctrine of Dicisigns" makes it clear that Peircean semiotics > is NOT only about language or about human thought processes, and that > proto-propositions are involved in the cognitive processes of even the > simplest organisms. And this of course gives us a new perspective on the > relations among language, logic and life. I recommend it most highly! > > > > gary f. > > > > } Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient > premises. [Samuel Butler] { > > www.gnusystems.ca/gnoxic.htm }{ gnoxics > > > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > [email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to [email protected] with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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