Sung:
I meant what I wrote: > My conjecture is that CSP is intentionally invented these terms to infer a > special class of objects that intrinsically communicate, grammatically, terms > that implicitly contain the qualities of both being a noun and an adjective. > Thus each of the three terms (Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness) contains > in its sub-parts, roots of both. As I stated, it is a conjecture. Cheers Jerry On Sep 29, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Sungchul Ji wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > Did you mean that First, Second and Third are adjectives and Firstness, > Secondness and Thirdness are nouns ? > > All the best. > > Sung > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Jerry LR Chandler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Jerry LR Chandler <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce and Practopoiesis: now I understand it better >> Date: September 28, 2015 11:19:21 AM CDT >> To: Danko Nikolic <[email protected]> >> >> Dear Danko: >> >> Would you like to consider a question? >> >> After struggling with the numerous statements of Firstness, Secondness, and >> Thirdness for several years, I settled on one of his latest renditions >> because of its mathematical implications as well as biochemical >> interpretations, that is the version given in his private letter to Lady >> Welby. >> >> In recent weeks, as a consequence of explorations of the meaning of identity >> in utterances, statements and propositions, it occurred to me that CSP >> proposes these terms in such a grammatical way that is extremely innovative. >> (Recall that CSP depended heavily on English grammar to formulate his >> logical propositions, such as in the medad and the trichotomy of nine nouns >> as a universal logical/relational argument for whatever.) >> >> Presuppositions: >> The terms First, Second and Third are nouns. >> The suffix term, "-ness" functions grammatically by changing nouns into >> adjectives. >> >> Example: >> The ball is red. >> The red ball is (predicate) >> The redness of the ball is (predicate) >> >> My conjecture is that CSP is intentionally invented these terms to infer a >> special class of objects that intrinsically communicate, grammatically, >> terms that implicitly contain the qualities of both being a noun and an >> adjective. >> Thus each of the three terms (Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness) contains >> in its sub-parts, roots of both. >> >> Note that this usage of "x-ness" is consistent with his chemical training >> and modern chemical logic. >> The formal logic of two atoms combining to form a molecule is of this type >> of usage. >> >> Is this consistent or non-consistent with your meanings? >> >> I presume that you will find this to be a strange question. I pose it to >> provide you an opportunity to explore the foundation of CSP logic in the >> hard sciences, which is direct and wide-ranging and not at all amazing as >> you suggest. >> >> Cheers >> >> Jerry >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:57 AM, Danko Nikolic wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> When I presented the list with the theory of practopoiesis and suggested >>> that the three traverses can account for abductive reasoning, I also >>> received a number of questions regarding Peirce's work to which I had no >>> answers. The reason I had no answers was that I did not know much about >>> work of Peirce other than abductive reasoning. >>> >>> Now, I would like to share with you that I have made a bit of a step >>> forward. One of the questions (or suggestions) that I received was that >>> perhaps the three levels of organization that I proposed (three traverses) >>> correspond to the three Peirce's categories: Firstness, Secondness, and >>> Thirdness. >>> >>> Meanwhile, I have learned more about Peirce and I think that the answer is: >>> No. The three levels of organization do not correspond to these three >>> aspects of our consciousness. Actually, it seems that all three categories >>> should be assigned to the same level of organization, and this would be the >>> middle level, which I named anapoiesis. >>> >>> I always thought that this middle level is the most interesting part of >>> the theory, as it can produce a fascinatingly rich dynamics to explain >>> consciousness. Now, it seems to me that 1ness, 2ness, and 3ness correspond >>> very nicely to different aspects of its dynamics. So, it appears that this >>> aspect of Pierce's work will be extremely helpful in the future in >>> describing different aspects of adaptive processes in tri-traversal systems. >>> >>> Peirce's philosophy (at least a part of it) may even get some sort of a >>> foundation in hard sciences, which would be amazing. >>> >>> I hope that someone finds this useful. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Danko >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Prof. Dr. Danko Nikolic >>> >>> >>> Web: http://www.danko-nikolic.com >>> >>> Mail address 1: >>> Department of Neurophysiology >>> Max Planck Institute for Brain Research >>> Deutschordenstr. 46 >>> 60528 Frankfurt am Main >>> GERMANY >>> >>> Mail address 2: >>> Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies >>> Wolfgang Goethe University >>> Ruth-Moufang-Str. 1 >>> 60433 Frankfurt am Main >>> GERMANY >>> >>> ---------------------------- >>> Office: (..49-69) 96769-736 >>> Lab: (..49-69) 96769-209 >>> Fax: (..49-69) 96769-327 >>> [email protected] >>> ---------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON >>> PEIRCE-L to this message. 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More at > http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . > > > > > > > > > -- > Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy > Rutgers University > Piscataway, N.J. 08855 > 732-445-4701 > > www.conformon.net > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L but to [email protected] > with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at > http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . > > > >
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