Steven,
I think the point about sequentiality is correct.
Relations are ordered according to their arities or dimensions,
and Peirce holds that three are enough to generate all others,
but not all relations of constraint or determination, that is,
information, are causal or temporal in nature, not even if we
try to imagine some order of triadic causality or temporality.
Attempting to understand the relational categories by setting out ordered lists
of terms that are regarded as naming absolute, monadic, non-relational essences
is a sign that our understanding has gone off track and fallen into yet another
rut of reductionism. I don't know what to call it -- absolutism? monadicism?
non-relativism? -- but it's just as bad a form of reductionism as nominalism.
Regards,
Jon
Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote:
Dear Diane,
I agree with those that question whether Peirce would be comfortable using
notions of linear time, as Jon's quote highlights.
In the context of time conceptions (for me, time is simply a way of speaking) I would prefer:
1st = the immediate experience
2nd = the accessible record
3rd = the manifold of unity
In brief: immediacy, record, unification.
It would be important for me to observe that no sequential nature should be read into the process
suggested by these categories, they covary in what I would call "the eternal moment." The
conception of time is a product of the unifying effect of what Peirce calls "thirdness."
With respect,
Steven
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On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Diane Stephens wrote:
In the book Semiotics I by Donald Thomas, he includes a chart which shows concepts associated with firsts, seconds and thirds. For example, a first is quality, a second is fact and a third is law. I understand all but second as past as in:
First - present
Second - past
Third - future
I would appreciate some help.
Thanks.
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University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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