Gary R., List: Welcome back! Consider it a "get well" gift from Edwina and me. :-)
Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Gary Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > Edwina, Jon, List, > > Will wonders never cease? To see the two of you, once so far apart in so > many matters, find common ground on these few, albeit in my opinion, > exceedingly important semeiotic distinctions, is most wonderful to behold. > > Indeed, I feel that together you have moved thinking--at least > mine--regarding the nature of the sign quite a distance forward, perhaps > beyond anything I've read in the literature--or, at very least, the > condensed (succinct) form of posts to a forum such as this clarifies ideas, > casting a bright light on such distinctions and definitions as you've been > making. I should add in passing that I tend to strongly concur with those > points upon which you appear to be in agreement. > > Perhaps what has facilitated my understanding of your--and any number of > other cogent contributors-- recent exchanges (and in several threads) is my > having read them pretty much in a couple sittings during the last couple of > days. This hiatus in my reading posts and participating on the list was the > result of my having been incapacitated most of this year, first with a > problematic hip replacement early in January, a painful hairline fracture > of my femur in February, a complete break of it early in March, > necessitating a revision (redoing) of the hip replacement involving a > difficult posterior approach (with more precautions, a long healing time, > much more pain, etc.) Following a week in hospital, I spent the last three > weeks in a rehabilitation center from which I was released yesterday. I > still have a long way to go to complete recovery--but at least I'm at home! > > This is all by way of explaning why I've been so quiet on the list. I > would like to add that I have been delighted to observe (at first, > sporadically and, recently, steadily reading through threads) the high > quality of discussion that has, in my opinion, characterized so much of > list discussion these first few months of the year. I think Joe Ransdell > would be pleased to see that his brain child, the peirce-l forum, continues > to produce valuable philosophical/scientific/semeiotic work. > > Best, > > Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) > > [image: Gary Richmond] > > *Gary Richmond* > *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* > *Communication Studies* > *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* > *C 745* > *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* > > On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jon, list - this is my second reply to this post. After thinking a bit >> about it - I'd say that I do agree with your point: >> >> Jon wrote: "I would suggest that an Immediate Interpretant is never an actual >> interpretant that a Sign produces, but rather a range of possible >> interpretants >> that a Sign may produce. In other words, the Immediate Interpretant is the >> Sign's capacity to produce an actual interpretant--i.e., a Dynamic >> Interpretant. " >> >> As a 'range of possible interpretants' - these are dependent on the >> sign/representamen, which is in turn determined by the Dynamic/Immediate >> Objects. So therefore, the Affects of these two, the DO and the IO, and >> their informational content, will move on within the Representamen/sign >> and thus, be part of and both determine and constrain the nature of the >> Immediate Interpretant. >> >> So- therefore - I see - and accept, your analysis. >> >> Edwina >> >
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