Robert and Auke, I don’t think anyone questions the reality of a pool of information, published or not, which is not the “private property” of individual owners but is (or should be) a resource available to all members of a culture. If we want to discuss its role in cultural semiosis, why not use an established term such as “knowledge commons”? (See for instance Hess and Ostrom (2007), Understanding Knowledge as a Commons.) Peirce had to define his peculiar term commens precisely because it was (and is) not in common use. Appropriating Peirce’s technical term to evoke the broader concept of the commons invites confusion by reading into Peirce a conception that is only vaguely related to the context of his argument.
Gary f. From: Auke van Breemen <[email protected]> Sent: 11-Jun-20 03:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Way of Thinking (was Theory and Analysis of Semeiosis) Jon Alen, That is an opinion, and even if valid, it does not change the fact that Peirce invented and defined "the commens." I find it misleading to use his peculiar term to mean something else. Isn't our duscussion about the meaning of a particular term, i.e. commens? And, my contribution, about the need to look at the wider context in order to grasp the direction of a thought? At that point, I agree that a case can sometimes be made for either side; but my default assumption is that his later writings reflect his more considered views, and hence should be given slightly more weight accordingl Fine that you made clear that it is just your default assumption and not the nature of the case. …
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