Is there yet an online version of the book? I checked a while back and found none but it makes sense to have texts available on Kindle as they can be read on any device and online will be the permanence of texts in the future. There are other positive arguments as well.
*@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Clark Goble <cl...@lextek.com> wrote: > Changing subject line as per John's request - I have questions on > Frederik's chapter but I had to wait until I had a copy of the introduction > first. I love what I've read thus. Wish I could justify buying the whole > book as Frederik's work seems very much tied to my own interests in > Peirce's semiotics and Husserl/Heideggarian phenomenology. Particularly the > place of indices and icons. There's a lot to digest in the introduction and > I've been particularly swamped at work this week. > > > On Sep 5, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > > And since semiosis includes Mind/reasoning - that means that Mind operates > in all matter...and in all three categorical modes. And this is certainly > not neoplatonism. > > > > > Kelly Parker's argument (and I recognize not all buy it) is The Ascent of > Soul to Nous: Charles S. Peirce as Neoplatonist. Looks like it just got put > backup online ungated. > > http://agora.phi.gvsu.edu/kap/Neoplatonism/csp-plot.html > > It's been a number of years since I last studied it carefully. So my > memory is a tad fuzzy in a few places. I do recall there being one or two > key places where I think his argument outstrips his evidence. But it's an > extremely worthwhile paper to read. It definitely changed how I think about > Peirce. > > These aren't the only neoPlatonic themes in Peirce. *Reading Peirce > Reading *does a nice job on some as well. And surprisingly that appears > to be online temporarily as well. (Get it while you can - it's a fantastic > little book) > > http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~tmoore/docs/smyth/RPR-24Aug96.pdf > > 2) Then, there are some who define the actions that take place among atoms > and molecules as purely reactive, actions of Secondness; i.e., that no > 'reasoning' process takes place. They may, as does Clark Goble, admit that > mediation (Thirdness) plays a role but it is a non-cognitive mode. > > > John Deely simply rejects Mind within the physical realm and considers > their interactions, if I understand him, pure acts of Secondness - dyadic > interactions with no mediation and of course, no Mind. > > > I suspect we're still on semantics here and what we mean by cognition. But > I know this is an endlessly circling debate so I'll not push it more. > > Does John simply attribute secondness to the physical realm? That's not > how I read him, but perhaps I was in error. It seems to me that when we > consider the interaction of two particles we can conceive of them in terms > of both secondness and thirdness. A lot depends upon what level we are > considering I think - that is what abstractions, simplifications and > modeling we are doing for our particular discussion at that time. Perhaps > I'm wrong but I assume John would, like me, see all three categories always > in play. > > That is I see our discourse and its form very much tied to the topics > we're discussing. That is the aspects of reality we are interested in at > that moment. > > > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu 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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