Jon, I'm guessing an engineer would have some acquaintance with relational databases, which have after all a history going back to Peirce, and I would recommend keeping that example in mind for thinking about k-adic relations in general.
I wrote a number of introductions to relation theory, triadic relations, and sign relations in that vein, for example, here: Relation Theory http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Relation_theory Triadic Relations http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Triadic_relation Sign Relations http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Sign_relation Regards, Jon On 4/12/2017 10:14 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote: > List: > > I was finally able to borrow Aaron Bruce Wilson's new book, > *Peirce's Empiricism: Its Roots and Its Originality*, via > interlibrary loan this week. Previously I could only access > the Google preview, but from that I could tell that the whole > thing would be well worth reading. He points out in chapter 2 > that a law of nature is a *relation*, which leads me to pose a > new question — can a relation be a Sign? Again, I am referring > to the relation *itself*, not its representation in verbal, > diagrammatic, or other form. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > -- inquiry into inquiry: https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ academia: https://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey oeiswiki: https://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey isw: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/JLA facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache
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