Robert,
I agree that lattices would make a good formal structure for classifying and
organizing interpretants. If all the interpretants are derived by formal rules
of inference according to some formal logic, then a lattice would be the
appropriate mathematical structure for organizing and
Gary:
As always, I appreciate your positive feedback. I am starting to wonder if
my recent flurry of List activity might finally result in a paper on
speculative grammar.
JFS already replied to my post (see below) but did so off-List, sending it
to me only, without changing the subject line or
As I wrote in reply to Jon, there is a cluster of words in English and other
languages that express the goal, purpose, intention, desire, or Thirdness that
explains why some agent does something. There was no single word in English
that exactly expresses the reason until Peirce coined the
List:
JFS: And there are six kinds of reference that a sign my have to its
interpretants.
Although Peirce discusses "reference to an interpretant" in his
groundbreaking early paper, "On a New List of Categories" (CP 1.553-559, EP
1:5-10, 1868), as far as I can tell, he *never *uses that phrase
John, List
John, concerning Peirce's mathematical background, I can't find a note
attached to your message, but perhaps I misread it?
I want to point out, however, that I did some research to find out whether
Peirce was aware of Lattice Theory since I think you are aware that over
forty years
