Jerry, [[ I have been debating with myself for the past month on the relations between "collective" and "distributive" in the context of 'communicational communities'. A complete stalemate exists. I have no idea what this phrase might mean logically or socially. ]]
If you have no idea what the phrase " communicational communities" denotes, i wonder how you are able to sustain a debate about the relations between terms in that context! But just in case it might be helpful: a proposition referring to a set (or group or class or community) is taken collectively if its subject is *the set as a whole*, and is taken distributively if its subject is *each member* of the set. (Or it can be taken selectively, in which case its subject is *some member* of the set.) In the case of a scientific community, for instance, there's a big difference (and a logical relation of some kind) between the behavior of the community and the behavior of its members. And the same goes for a political community. Gary F. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
