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Yes - I fully agree. These are all triadic processes, which means,
semiotics. That is, they are all interactions which include data from
the external world, which is processed by an individual agent's
'thinking' and results in an interpretation. Basic semiotics. And in
addition, they all show how the modalities of the three categories of
Firstness, Secondness and Thirdness, function in the 'real world'.
However - although I concur with your attempt to broaden the scope
of discussion on this list but I doubt if it will 'take fire' so to
speak. We seem stuck in terminology. The thing about a terminology
discussion is that it is simple and easy to do; it doesn't take any
thought or analysis. All one does is scour The Texts of Peirce, and
extract the terms as used - and insist that 'he said this'. That's
not analysis or pragmatic use of Peirce; that's just textuality.
Now - the question for your examples would be whether using the
Peircean semiotic triad of input/mediation/output and the three
categories - does this enable us to both understand what is going on
in this real world - and take steps to deal with it? I happen to
think that it does. Very much so.
I gave as an example last week of 'safe spaces in colleges' - which
isolate the inhabitants in almost pure Thirdness, immune to the hard
input realities of Secondness from Others and the diverse concepts of
Firstness. If we were to use semiosis in their analysis, we would see
that such artificial architectures are psychologically unhealthy.
Edwina
On Fri 02/11/18 4:14 AM , "Stephen Jarosek" sjaro...@iinet.net.au
sent:
Has anyone else observed how so many scientific "studies" actually
relate to
semiotics?
I periodically stick my head into the Science-reddit forum for the
latest
science news, and often the studies that are cited are just
exercises in
semiotic analysis. They must think it's all in the genes or
something. They
need to be enlightened... we need to work harder to spread the
semiotic
message far and wide! Take for example, an arbitrary sample from
today's
schedule:
* Merely desiring to alter your personality is not enough, and
may
backfire unless you take concrete action to change, suggests a new
study.
Failing to support one's goals with concrete action appears to
backfire,
leading to personality drift in the opposite direction to what was
desired.
* Study finds Massachusetts' public accommodations
nondiscrimination laws
that include gender identity do not affect the number or frequency
of
criminal incidents in restrooms, locker rooms, or changing rooms. In
addition, reports of privacy and safety violations in these places
are
exceedingly rare.
* 'Heavy' multitasking may cramp your memory - A decade of data
reveals
that heavy multitaskers have reduced memory, Stanford psychologist
says.
Although he also adds that it is still too soon to determine cause
and
effect.
* When deprived of food and smartphones, college students worked
harder
to get their phones back, finds a new study, providing evidence that
smartphones can be more reinforcing than food for college students.
* As small Iowa towns continue to lose population, a strong
social
infrastructure - rather than economic or physical factors -
determines
whether residents report greater quality of life, according to new
research.
The above are all semiotics 1:001
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