> On Oct 5, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Gary Fuhrman <g...@gnusystems.ca> wrote: > > HP: Suppose, in context of a Dicisign or a proposition, you ask me: > Is it true or false? I can give you a one-bit answer. Isn't that bit some > kind of sign? > > GF: My answer to your question is: 1. (as opposed to 0). > But without the symbolic context which makes the bit interpretable *as the > answer to the question*, - part of which context is the legisign > establishing that 1 is in binary opposition to 0 - that bit conveys zero > information and is not a sign of anything. > Can you give me a one-bit question?
The type/token distinction seems definitely to apply here.
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