Lists, One of the claims made in the first chapter of Natural Propositions that caught my eye is that “Peirce’s redefinition of propositions under the generalized notion of “Dicisign”, however, forms but one node in a vast redefinition of the whole field of cognition . . . .” (NP, 2)
I’d like to ask a couple of questions about how we should think aboutthis redefinition of the field. Let’s take a closer look at the way Frederik introduces this line of thought. He says: “At the core of Peirce’s rearticulation of the cognitive field, then, is a daring generalization.” There are two parts to this generalization: 1) “all of mathematics is developed by diagrammatical reasoning.” 2) “all deductive reasoning is undertaken by such diagrammatical reasoning” (NP, 3) He then offers a long quote from MS 634 that sums up the ambitions involved in rearticulating the cognitive field. After giving a short overview of how the chapters fit together, he concludes by saying that the most important offering of Peirce’s semiotics is “a renewed outlook of the whole of the ‘cognitive field,’ enabling us to envision the exploration of routes not taken, both in terms of further conceptual development and experimental investigations.” I agree with Frederik’s claim that Peirce is dramatically reconceiving the boundaries of logic as semiotic. Having said that, here are two questions I’d like to think about a little more as we prepare to head into chapters 2 and then 3: First, what are the other key developments in Peirce’s normative science of semiotics that—in addition to a deeper appreciation of the role of diagrams in deductive reasoning--are driving this rearticulation of the cognitive field? Second, if the normative science of semiotics is being broadened, how might we understand the boundaries of this science? That is, where does normative science of semiotics stop and special science of biology or psychology start? --Jeff Jeff Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy NAU (o) 523-8354 ________________________________________ From: Gary Fuhrman [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 7:52 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Natural Propositions seminar Greetings all, Next Monday, Sept. 1, we’ll be starting our online seminar based on Frederik Stjernfelt’s Natural Propositions. Frederik will make the introductory post to both lists, with the subject line "Stjernfelt Seminar: Chapter 1, Introduction". Anyone on either list can reply, but the whole process will work best if the following general rules are followed: 1. Don’t change the subject line of your reply unless you DON’T want your reply to be included in the seminar thread. 2. Always check the address(es) that your reply is going to. It should go to the list(s) that you are subscribed to, and not to any individual list member. You may need to delete some addresses from the address field in your message window before you send — especially if you are on the peirce-l list, which automatically sends your reply to the original poster unless you delete his or her address before sending. 3. Also before you send, note that prior messages in the thread may be automatically included in your reply, and delete these “trailers” unless your reply refers to them directly. As each new chapter thread begins, the threadleader will start it off with a new subject line in the same format as the previous. (See attached schedule — I’m trying to insert it below, but not sure if it will display properly.) Previous threads can continue (under their own subject line, of course) after the new one begins. Chapter Natural Propositions Threadleader(s) Start date 1 Introduction Frederik Stjernfelt 1 Sep 2 anti-psychologism Jeff Kasser 8 Sep 3.1-7 dicisigns I Gary Fuhrman 22 Sep 3.8-14 dicisigns II Jeff Downard 6 Oct 4 Naturalization Tyler Bennett 20 Oct 5 Cognition Mara Woods 3 Nov 6 Evolution John Collier 17 Nov 7 beyond language 1 Dec 8 Iconicities Gary Richmond 15 Dec 9 diagrams I 29 Dec 10 diagrams II 5 Jan 11-12 Enlightenment Yogi Hendlin 12 Jan I’ll be happy to take any questions on this, on or offlist. gary f. } Any living cell carries with it the experiences of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors. [Max Delbruck] { www.gnusystems.ca/gnoxic.htm<http://www.gnusystems.ca/gnoxic.htm> }{ gnoxics
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