Edwina, List: Are you suggesting, then, that my "analysis" of the quotes that I cited from "New Elements" is "literal-bound" in that sense? If so, then what alternative interpretation do you think would result from properly applying Peircean semeiotic realism instead?
Thanks, Jon On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > Jon - I explained a 'literal-bound' analysis in my post, when I gave the > example of Saussurian semiological nominalism, where 'this word' stands for > 'that meaning'. > > As for the triad of semiosis, I've explained mediation many times before > and won't repeat that explanation. > > Edwina > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> > *To:* Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> > *Cc:* Peirce List <PEIRCE-L@list.iupui.edu> > *Sent:* Monday, January 23, 2017 2:46 PM > *Subject:* Re: [PEIRCE-L] Metaphysics and Nothing (was Peirce's Cosmology) > > Edwina, List: > > Would you mind clarifying, as well? What exactly do you mean by "a > 'literal-bound' analysis of Peirce"? What exactly is "that evolving and > complex mediating 'law'" that you seem to believe is essential to proper > interpretation? As far as I can tell, Jerry did not point out any such > thing in his response, so maybe I am just missing something. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> > wrote: > >> I think one has to be careful, as others have pointed out, in moving into >> a 'literal-bound' analysis of Peirce. That, in my view, moves into >> Saussurian semiological nominalism where 'this word' has just 'that >> meaning'. Such a dyadic one-to-one referential framework i.e., >> where interpretation absents itself from that evolving and >> complex mediating 'law' [as Jerry points out] is the antithesis of >> Peircean semiosis. >> >> Edwina >> >
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