Edwina, List: ET: There is nothing in Peirce where he writes about any reality outside of the Universe ...
Except, of course, where he writes that God is "in my belief Really creator of all three Universes of Experience" (CP 6.452, EP 2:434; 1908) and "a Being *not *immanent in the Universes of Matter, Mind, and Ideas, but the Sole Creator of every content of them without exception" (R 843:15; 1908). Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote: > JAS, list > > 1] With regard to" It is that if any signs are connected, no matter how, > the resulting system constitutes one sign; " - my interpretation is that > the Signs - multiple Signs - [the triad of O-R-I] can be connected within > the similarity of their common mediating Representamen laws or iconically > or indexically - as for example, all individuals are the members of one > species; or a photocopy of a document or a network of vines growing > together. And this results in a SYSTEM of connected individuals which share > a key attribute. But this does not reduce them to ONE individual Sign; it > merely explains their commonality as one semiosic Sign. > > 2] You state that "an Argument is the most complex kind of Sign that > there is! Nevertheless, like any other Sign, it must be determined by an > Object other than itself." > > I disagree; an Argument is not the term for only the Representamen but > for a full triadic semiosic function; an 'Argument-Symbolic-Legisign. The > relation to the Object is Symbolic and is a part/correlate of the semiosic > triad, the full Sign. > > 3] You wrote: "The word "therefore" implies that this is the conclusion of > an argumentation. What are the premisses from which it necessarily > follows that the Universe is self-organizing, and that there is nothing > outside of it?" > > The Universe as an Argument contains within it the full semiosic triad of > O-R-I. As such, it is complete in itself, and within itself, it is > 'perfused with sign' - by which I understand that the Universe is > constantly generating signs [understood as 'individualities' in the format > of O-R-I] which interact with other signs [understood as individualities in > the format of O-R-I]. I consider that the habits of 3ns are self-organizing > within these Signs - Peirce has explained the generation and evolution of > habits quite well. > > There is nothing in Peirce where he writes about any reality outside of > the Universe, and - with regard to my readings in physics etc, I can find > no evidence of such > > Edwina >
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