I don't agree that Peirce says this; in fact, Peirce says the opposite -
that genuine sign relations are found in all existential reality and that
includes crystals etc...
I've given this quote many times:
"Thought is not necessarily connected with a brain. It appears in the work
of bees, of crystals, and throughout the purely physical world"...4.551
(Apology for Pragmaticism 1906)...and " there cannot be thought without
Signs". Therefore, since thought appears in 'the work of crystals and
throughout the purely physical world'...and since 'there cannot be thought
without signs'...therefore, there is genuine semiosis in non-living (ie what
we know as biological) systems.
Edwina
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:54 PM
Subject: [biosemiotics:7995] Re: NP 8.3 and the
At 09:02 PM 1/25/2015, Jeffrey Brian Downard wrote:
While he [Peirce] does explore this idea in places, he suggests elsewhere
that can't find any clear examples of genuine sign relations outside of
living or intelligent systems.
I believe Frederik says this, but where does Peirce say this?
Howard
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