Edwina, List: Thank you for the clarification. Just to confirm, this is what I now understand to be your actual view.
1. Information never increases during the semeiosic process; it either stays the same or decreases. 2. The temporal sequence of the three interpretants during the semeiosic process is immediate, then dynamic, then final. 3. From #1 and #2, the final interpretant cannot have MORE information than the dynamic interpretant, which cannot have MORE information than the immediate interpretant. 4. More information entails less ambiguity, while less information entails greater ambiguity. 5. From #3 and #4, the immediate interpretant cannot be MORE ambiguous than the dynamic intepretant, which cannot be MORE ambiguous than the final interpretant. 6. A higher-mode interpretant has MORE information than a lower-mode interpretant; i.e., a Third has MORE information than a Second, which has MORE information than a First. 7. From #3 and #6, if the immediate interpretant is a First (qualitative/hypothetic), then the dynamic and final interpretants must also be Firsts (sympathetic/congruentive and gratific). 8. From #3 and #6, if the final interpretant is a Third (to produce self-control), then the dynamic and immediate interpretants must also be Thirds (usual and logical/relative). You agree with all of these statements, right? Regards, Jon
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