Jon A.
Seems valid to me. But it does not answer the quest for understanding. -
If you see my point.
Kirsti
Jon Awbrey kirjoitti 7.4.2017 02:02:
Jon, List ...
I've mentioned the following possibility several times before, but
maybe not too recently.
A sign relation L is a subset of a cartesian product O×S×I, where O,
S, I are the object, sign, interpretant domains, respectively. In a
systems-theoretic framework we may think of these domains as dynamical
systems.
We often work with sign relations where S = I but it is entirely
possible to consider sign relations where all three domains are one
and the same. Indeed, we could have O=S=I=U, where the system U is the
entire universe. This would make the entire universe a sign of itself
to itself.
A very general way to understand a system-theoretic law is in terms of
a constraint — the fact that not everything that might happen
actually does. And that is nothing but a subset relation.
So the law embodying how the universe represents itself to itself
could be nothing other than a sign relation L ⊆ U×U×U.
Regards,
Jon
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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt
<jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
List:
With the discussions going on in a couple of threads about semeiosis
in the physico-chemical and biological realms, a question occurred
to me. What class of Sign is a law of nature? I am not referring to
how we _describe_ a law of nature in human language, an equation, or
other _representation_ of it; I am talking about the law of nature
_itself_, the real general that governs actual occurrences.
As a law, it presumably has to be a Legisign. What is its Dynamic
Object--the inexhaustible continuum of its _potential_
instantiations, perhaps? How should we characterize its S-O
relation? It is not conventional (Symbol), so is it an existential
connection (Index)? What is its Dynamic Interpretant--any given
_actual _instantiation, perhaps? How should we characterize its S-I
relation--Dicent, like a proposition, or Rheme, like a term?
Regards,
Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA
Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman
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