Jon, Robert, List,
I have followed this discussion as closely as I've been able to as it is
complex and difficult, as much of, especially, Peirce's late semeiotic
thinking seems to be. While I can't say that I comprehended every nuance in
your exchange, what I have been able to grasp has been very
Robert, List:
I do not agree with your characterizations of my views and firmly deny that
I am "distorting Peirce's thinking." The Wikipedia definition of
"type-token distinction" is not how Peirce defines it as it pertains
specifically to signs. Your description of the commens as "a real object
John, List,
I think, that commens and mind fusion is a much better metaphor than "swarm intelligence". The latter, falsely, I think, suggests, that a swarm can be more intelligent than an individual. The ranger-writer Peter Wohlleben wrote an example: The bees in a hive have communicated the wa
