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By this time it should be clear to readers of NP that the subject/predicate structure of the proposition in Peirces logic is generalized in Peirces semiotic as the indexical/iconic structure of the Dicisign. In §3.4 of NP we meet the most radical and profound and perhaps the most widely unrecognized aspect of Peirces Dicisign doctrine. To quote from NP, p.58: [[ So, the basic function of the predicative aspect of the Dicisign is to yield an iconic description of the sign's object. This, however, is not all. By including the copula and the number of blanks involved in the predicate given, the predicative side of the Dicisign includes all that is not immediately indexical: The most perfectly thorough analysis throws the whole substance of the Dicisign into the Predicate. (Syllabus 1903, EPII, 281; 2.318) This implies that the Predicate also includes the syntax of the Dicisign making of the predicate-subject composite a claim, cf. the idea that the predicate is ... representing (or being) an Icon of the Dicisign in some respect (Syllabus, EPII 279, 2.316), cf. below. The Predicate not only depicts certain characters of the object, it also depicts the Dicisign claiming those characters to pertain to the object. The Predicate iconically describes that very aspect of the Dicisignits syntax. So, the Predicate operates on two levels simultaneously, on the object and metalanguage level, as it were. ]] Those who are looking into the Kaina Stoicheia text in conjunction with this seminar will find Peirces innovative treatment of the copula (as an index involving an icon) explained in EP2:308-10 (http://www.gnusystems.ca/KainaStoicheia.htm#4b ). Any questions about how this relates to the Dicisisgn doctrine would be welcome! gary f.
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