Icon, Index, Symbol I take to be the foundational CSP triad and the one from which I infer Reality, Ethics, Aesthetics as a basis for proposing a mode of universal conscious thinking. amazon.com/author/stephenrose
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 6:23 PM Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > John S., List: > > JFS: That is why the precise triad for modern logic *and* for Peirce's > algebraic logic is predicate/proposition/argument. > > > Sure, but as I keep pointing out, the subject matter here is not limited > to *logic *as the science of *Symbols*--it is *semeiotic *as the science > of *all Signs*. A pure Index denotes something without signifying > anything, which means that it neither is nor has a predicate. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 12:41 PM John F Sowa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Edwina and Jon AS, >> >> > I think that this transformative semiosis is what should be emphasized, >> > since its infrastructure is a powerful speculative framework, which can >> > be used with great effect in examining and explaining not only >> > linguistic evolution and cognitive processes but also biological and >> > societal dynamics. >> I enthusiastically agree. >> >> > Focusing on terms-in-the-texts denies the expansion of Peircean >> > semiosis into the broader research world - and I think that's >> > a huge loss to that research world. >> >> Yes. >> >> JAS >> > I acknowledge the valid concern that using obscure terminology can >> > inhibit the spread of the underlying ideas. It still has to be >> > balanced with the need for precision and clarity. >> >> I also agree with both sentences. >> >> JAS >> > What Peirce called a "Seme" is importantly different from a "term" >> >> I agree with a caveat. The word 'term' is ambiguous. The way it >> is used in Aristotelian syllogisms is not the way Peirce uses the >> the word 'term' in the following sentence: >> >> From CP 4.538: "The logical Term, which is a class-name, is a Seme. >> Thus, the term "The mortality of man" is a Seme." >> >> In that example, "The mortality of man" is a name of a class, >> and every class-name can be represented by a monadic predicate. >> >> Every class name is represented by a monadic predicate in Peirce's >> algebraic notation of 1885 or by a monad (a relation name with one peg) >> in EGs. That is why the precise triad for modern logic *and* for >> Peirce's algebraic logic is predicate/proposition/argument. >> >> John >> >
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