[PEIRCE-L] de Waal Seminar: Chapter 5, Semeiotics, or the doctrine of signs

Jeff, list Jeff says: I'm wondering what textual evidence you have for thinking the dynamical object should be understood primarily or solely as something that operates as an efficient cause. I tend to think that much depends upon the character of the dynamical object we're talking about and

Re: [PEIRCE-L] de Waal Seminar: Chapter 5, Semeiotics, or the doctrine of signs

Thanks for your comments, Vinicius. My comments: 1) Agree that a photograph is an iconic index. 2) And yes, the S-FI relation is not the same as that between the S, DO and FI. I think that the latter is a communal action while the former could be an individual action. Plus, the former could be

[PEIRCE-L] Re: Kees Chapter 5: TITLE, Semeiotic/Semeiotics vs Semiotic/Semiotics

John, Kees, List, This bit of sem{e}io-arch{a}eology has certainly excavated a wealth of fascinating historical nuggets, but my own vain ventures in language policing tell me that usage will be determined by almost anything but historical accuracy, more often by the way that newfangled words