Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-29 Thread Gary Richmond
ant or Object, but that it *has* significance. You stated that I am making a "mistake" in maximizing the significance of the Sign as Sign. Not so. Rather, it appears to me that you and Gary F are making a mistake in minimizing its significance. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy an

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: New York Pragmatists Forum Events

2019-03-29 Thread Gary Richmond
Dear NYPF Members, Just a heads up that there *is no March NYPF event. *There will be* no* event today March 29th. Sorry if there was any confusion. But please *save the date for April 26th!* Details to come soon. Best, Matt Glaser -- Matthew Glaser Graduate Student, Philosophy, Fordham

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-29 Thread Gary Richmond
hich appears in "Nomenclature," and I for one think we ought to reflect on why Peirce considered the types of "the sign in itself" (which, again, is either a qualisign, sinsign, or legisign) as significant. OK. Now I'll drop the mic--I'm done. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmon

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy and logic

2019-03-28 Thread Gary Richmond
for some time knows I have nothing but the utmost respect for. It was my foolish "jumping to conclusions" which led me to post inappropriately combative messages in the thread. Finally, as does Jon--and I hope others--I look forward to turning to your addressing a significant shift in Peirc

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-28 Thread Gary Richmond
f a general type, and is thus a Legisign *(boldface added). So, it looks like we will most likely have to agree to disagree on this matter. I've said all that I have to say on the topic as it relates to the matters taken up in "Nomenclature" (Jon's remarks go beyond this

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-28 Thread Gary Richmond
expressions for other signs as well), and is either a Quali-, Sin- or Legisign "according as *the sign in **itself* is a mere quality, is an actual existent, or is a general law." Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia Colleg

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-28 Thread Gary Richmond
Corrigendum: I meant to address my last post also to Auke. GR *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:45 PM Gary Richmond wrote: > Helmut, Jon, Gary F, > > For each

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-28 Thread Gary Richmond
nt. Or, if one doesn't think it's significant, why not? As I see it Helmut has a point from this purely theoretical standpoint (vs. the use of signs in, say, a proposition, or, the placement of signs in a particular Existential Graph). Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critic

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy and logic

2019-03-26 Thread Gary Richmond
ve to say about the Peirce texts I’m posting. I had hoped for a* very* different thread on Phenomenology. Of course you are free to proceed as you wish. But, while I'll continue to read the texts that you'll be posting, since I don't see that my central interests are likely going t

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy and logic

2019-03-26 Thread Gary Richmond
question of appealing to phenomenology than in any emphatic assertions of the phenomenologist himself” (NEM IV: 196). Logicians make assertions, so they may doubt the phaneroscopist’s propositions, but only as logicians, not as phaneroscopists. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-25 Thread Gary Richmond
ger than its weakest link, but may be ever so slender, provided they are sufficiently numerous and intimately connected (CP 5.265). However, it now occurs to me that this passage might be used in support of either side in the recent debate. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The danger of destroying Peirce's semeiotic (was Ambiguities...

2019-03-23 Thread Gary Richmond
icians (and continue to do so, and have said so publicly and privately on a number of occasions, and even recently), I find Jon's argumentation more persuasive than John's *in this case*. Indeed, I take Jon's view to be a logical advance in this matter of the Seme. Does tha

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Ambiguities in the word 'subject'

2019-03-22 Thread Gary Richmond
n and Edwina: let us each make our cases as best we can--let each argument and line of argumentation speak for itself--and let the readers of the forum make up their own minds as to who has been most persuasive in their argumentation. Best, Gary R (writing as list moderator) *Gary Richmond* *P

[PEIRCE-L] CFP: SAAP 47th Annual Meeting, March 5-8, 2020

2019-03-18 Thread Gary Richmond
ions or comments to: Gregory Fernando Pappas, g-pap...@tamu.edu, (+1) 512-459-5267 *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* - PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List"

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Phenomenology: a "science-egg,"

2019-03-17 Thread Gary Richmond
Direct awareness is therefore not to be confounded with cognitive intuition, which is a faculty whose existence Peirce denies. It follows, then, that the mode of manifestation of a phaneron must be in some essential respect quite different from that of a sign. De Tienne (1993, 282) Best, Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Phenomenology: a "science-egg,"

2019-03-17 Thread Gary Richmond
ons between two different Universes, or all three." Again, this is not phenomenology per se, but I think it constitutes an excellent propaedeutic to phenomenological inquiry. I think all logicians should try engaging in musement. Best, Gary R. *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thin

Re: Phenomenology: a "science-egg," was [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-16 Thread Gary Richmond
have their own discrete work to do. So I rather fully disagree with your suggestion that "not much is riding" on drawing lines between the several cenoscopic sciences. JAS: My own more abstract bent is presumably what attracts me to Semeiotic, and makes it difficult for me to appreciate P

Phenomenology: a "science-egg," was [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-14 Thread Gary Richmond
He did not state that it would necessarily always remain so. In fact, he wrote (and this quote ends Atkins' book): [Phenomenology is] still in the condition of a science-egg, hardly any details of it being as yet distinguishable, though enough to assure the student of it that, under the

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-09 Thread Gary Richmond
some idea of what is meant by critical common sense, without which the doctrine of pragmatism amounts to very little.1907 | Pragmatism | EP 2:432-433 Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New Y

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-09 Thread Gary Richmond
ligence. That sounds strange at first, but note that Peirce puts "scientific" in scare quotes in his definition. In that sense, all of biological nature is capable of learning, evolving. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia C

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-09 Thread Gary Richmond
Jon, Gary f, list, I have nothing at present to add to what Jon has written and only wish to note that I am in full agreement with him. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* On Sat

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-08 Thread Gary Richmond
r …logic is merely the science of ideas considered as signs. 1909 | Preface | MS [R] 634:15 …it would seem proper that in the present state of knowledge logic should be regarded as coëxtensive with General Semeiotic, the *a priori* theory of signs. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosop

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-08 Thread Gary Richmond
branches of science beyond Science of Discovery, namely, Science of Review ("Retrospective Science," including such matters as science digests, classifications of sciences and signs, Philosophy of Science, etc.) and Practical Science (applied science). Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

2019-03-06 Thread Gary Richmond
sted by Peirce's using that phrase in the Neglected Argument). Or both? In any event, I for one am finding this on-going discussion both of interest and value. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: The Nature of Peirce's Phenomenology and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-21 Thread Gary Richmond
d just "block the way of inquiry." Unfortunately, I will be out of the country from this weekend through the first weekend of March with no certainty of good internet service. But I hope others will jump into the discussion which I'll also try to do sooner than later. Best, Gary R *Gar

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd. NYPF Event Update

2019-02-20 Thread Gary Richmond
operatives”* *- - - - - - -* *Judith Green, Fordham University* *“Advancing Substantive Social Freedom: * *Rights to the City and to the Land”* *For More Information: nypf.ace.fordham.edu <http://nypf.ace.fordham.edu/>* *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Stu

The Nature of Peirce's Phenomenology, was: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-20 Thread Gary Richmond
es, however, do a decent job o contrasting Husserl's and Peirce's work. http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/ransdell/PHENOM.HTM JC: The meaningfulness of a future inquiry here depends to a large extent on the perceptions of the meanings of “semiotics” and “phenomenology”.

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-19 Thread Gary Richmond
moment to be a strictly semeiotic one. But it is a most interesting question which I hope we can pursue further in discussion here and whether or not phenomenology can contribute anything to its answer. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *L

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-18 Thread Gary Richmond
tter of the greatest importance and, perhaps, especially in theoretical science. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-18 Thread Gary Richmond
supplies sciences higher in the classification with data and examples. Finally, it is, in my opinion, dangerous to conflate phenomenology and semeiotics. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New

Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-18 Thread Gary Richmond
those who are especially interested in anthroposemiosis through inquiries into philosophical (semeiotic) grammar and critical logic (logic as logic, which includes discussions of EGs). One is always free to introduce a thread here on any topic, but of late this has rarely happened. Perhaps we need

Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-16 Thread Gary Richmond
e "abandoning" much at all. And when he finds himself as having clearly been in error, he tends to explicitly state that along with his corrected view (in years past I've offered several examples of this). Peirce is constantly experimenting; but, in my opinion, one needn't take

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Analyzing Propositions (was EGs and Phaneroscopy)

2019-02-15 Thread Gary Richmond
But, again, I'm not sufficiently familiar with EGs to say much more. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&

Re: [PEIRCE-L] was EGs and Phaneroscopy

2019-02-15 Thread Gary Richmond
h in graphic form. Yet perhaps I'm missing something here (again, I'm no expert in EGs). To aid our comprehension, could you possibly draw even a crude draft modeling what might appear on a "phaneroscopic sheet"? That would certainly be most helpful. Best, Gary *Gary Ric

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Analyzing Propositions (was EGs and Phaneroscopy)

2019-02-13 Thread Gary Richmond
inology. Yet it also makes clear that you are only making a 'stab' at something which Peirce had not completed, and this is the "additional step" which you are taking. So far, I find your exposition of Peirce's mature logic to be clear and increasingly convincing. A

Re: [PEIRCE-L] EGs and phaneroscopy

2019-02-09 Thread Gary Richmond
enomenology] provide the less abstract science [here, Logic as Semeiotic] with principles (Richard Kenneth Atkins in *Charles S. Peirce's Phenomenology: Analysis and Consciousness*, 23). Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the C

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Semiotic Argument for the Reality of God

2019-02-02 Thread Gary Richmond
ence, perhaps to finally contribute evenkmj to solving some of those "wicked problems." Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 7:30 PM Jon Al

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A seme is a predicate or a quasi-predicate

2019-02-02 Thread Gary Richmond
proposition itself, but collateral experience on the part of its interpreter is requisite," such that "*everything in a proposition that possibly can should be thrown into the subjects*, leaving the pure predicate a mere form of connection" that is "'*continuous*' or '

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Semiotic Argument for the Reality of God

2019-02-02 Thread Gary Richmond
hought that my religious views were quite close to Peirce's. But since I find your argument as following logically and naturally from Peirce's semeiotic, the intra-personal tension it's creating--between theism and panentheism--can only be of value to me in the long run.

[PEIRCE-L] Seminar (Associazione Pragma): NEW WINE IN OLD BARRELS

2019-02-02 Thread Gary Richmond
AFAhBGLbEdjxPoUlIUiri5-ARMwryPpc8I51G-8tdRjm52WQtp6TM17yfPb7Vj0QNogo86Cfjiv7h3uypIbKzwEqSlz4tFebfTQdmew8VvIp2CZ26R9Al2S-ralJ9i69jzYvj7no_ggyx7IdMXUeIa74LLIh8uZyEAW4AQmNI3Yda-Yu1OmmwYCY8g-6ViTr6fkSxhFLMXvHFs29UJIdCPR_wOpymJgk13ziEEuWnzUSihvhbstg-BDiYb8ITUCse4YqWyisISRhmgCtw&__tn__=EHH-R> *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Comm

[PEIRCE-L] CFP: 12th Conference of the IAVS-AISV

2019-02-01 Thread Gary Richmond
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[PEIRCE-L] "Pragmatism" by Cathy Legg in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

2019-01-30 Thread Gary Richmond
many things I was immediately impressed with were her intellectual energy, rigorous scholarship, and the depth of her knowledge of pragmatism and, in particular, Peircean pragmatism. So, in short, I can highly recommend her encyclopedia article, "Pragmatism." Best, Gary *Gary Rich

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Reminder: Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2019

2019-01-28 Thread Gary Richmond
, 2019. The Organizing Committee will help obtaining visas to Russian Federation. Those interested should indicate so in the body of the email containing their submission. Conference organizers: Alexei Sharov sha...@comcast.net and Stanislav Bushev stbus...@gmail.com *Gary Richmond

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The structure of recent philosophy

2019-01-26 Thread Gary Richmond
although I might quibble with the language "*pure* index"--is there such a thing?) But I get the gist of your point; indeed I don't think that it can be emphasized enough; and this is so for all types of semiotics, not just anthroposemiotic. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philoso

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Signs, Types, Tokens, Instances

2019-01-24 Thread Gary Richmond
f asking these questions would be: How does the meaning of the word or image of a man figure into all of this? All the tokens/instances (except the example of Thomas Mann's name) have the same meaning, have they not? Best, Gary Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-22 Thread Gary Richmond
ices. To say it another way, for most purposes term/proposition/argument would seem sufficient. But maybe I'm missing something here. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-21 Thread Gary Richmond
cussions of the sign as such, while term/proposition/argument ought be limited to discussions involving instances/tokens. If I'm mistaken in any of this, Jon, I'm certain you'll soon correct me. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: 14th World Congress of Semiotics: 2nd Call for papers

2019-01-15 Thread Gary Richmond
uriers* Stephanie Walsh Matthews (Canada) *Honorary Presidents* Eero Tarasti (Finland), Umberto Eco (Italy), Jerzy Pelc (Poland), Roland Posner (Germany), Cesare Segre (Italy), Gloria Withalm (Austria) *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia C

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-14 Thread Gary Richmond
tradiction. > Helmut > 14. Januar 2019 um 20:32 Uhr > *Von:* "Gary Richmond" > > Jeff, list, > > For me this has been a valuable discussion, but at the moment I haven't > much more to offer to it than what has already been said (unless, of > course, the ma

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-14 Thread Gary Richmond
Gf also suggested some restrictions on the extent) and in some ways, that semiosis is continuous. Or am I mistaken in that assumption? Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-569

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-12 Thread Gary Richmond
opic, including that these "material parts" "are all of some one internal nature." Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 4:58 PM John F

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-12 Thread Gary Richmond
9>] I will try to say more on this in a response to Jeffery Downard's recent post which I'm currently drafting. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Ja

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-11 Thread Gary Richmond
weight of oxygen is 16, meaning that that shall be the standard for all other atomic weights. The one asserts no more of time than the other asserts concerning the atomic weight of oxygen; that is, nothing at all (CP 4.642). Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Continuity of Semiosis

2019-01-10 Thread Gary Richmond
hile the exact question lies below my own conscious threshold. I'm hoping that perhaps you'll be able to discern what it is that's troubling me and address it. And knowing something of your approach to inquiry, I'm hoping that just taking up my vague not-quite-questions might prove

[PEIRCE-L] The Peirce Society at the Eastern APA

2019-01-04 Thread Gary Richmond
harles S. Peirce Society 140 Commonwealth Ave Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* - PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply

Re: [PEIRCE-L] the sexuality of methodeutic

2018-12-14 Thread Gary Richmond
1 Elements of Firstness, or *Qualities*, are positive respects in each of which something might be determinate regardless of anything else, such as *being marketable*. 1904 | On the Foundations of Mathematics | MS [R] 8:1-2 A quality is whatever it is in itself. It has such mode of being as it has ind

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Another Perspective on 'Quasi-Mind'

2018-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
to safely associate form with 1ns, matter with 2ns. Whew! I was worried there for a moment! Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 9:52 PM Jon Alan Schm

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Another Perspective on 'Quasi-Mind'

2018-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
Gary f, list, Fascinating and provocative post which I'll want to study before responding.. But for now just one question: if 1ns is matter, what is 2ns? formed matter? Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Another Perspective on 'Quasi-Mind'

2018-12-05 Thread Gary Richmond
d up," and that these 'resonating structues' are, indeed, conscious to some degree or another. ET: And I'd agree that 'as matter becomes more complex, 'so does mind'. I think I might agree with this, but at the moment can think of so many possible exceptions at

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Another Perspective on 'Quasi-Mind'

2018-12-05 Thread Gary Richmond
thought-provoking. So thanks for sharing it with us. I think there may be, at least potentially, much Peirce-related thinking in it even it doesn't directly relate to Peirce's concert of 'quasi-mind'. Indeed, I hope we might find ways to pursue Hunt's resonance theory of consciousn

Re: CAUTION: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Quasi Minds A and B and C

2018-12-04 Thread Gary Richmond
in this thread until we've been able to discover what is going on here. Best, Gary (writing as list moderator) *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1

[PEIRCE-L] The Peirce Society at the Eastern APA

2018-12-04 Thread Gary Richmond
ty.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2d67a1b536f133c3e9f9d5d8c&id=5fa95a75c4&e=860edf35dc> [image: logo: The Charles S. Peirce Society] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690*

[PEIRCE-L] CfP: The unmarked state – Laws of form 50th Anniversary Conference August 8-10, 2019, Liverpool UK

2018-11-16 Thread Gary Richmond
/?page_id=57> on this website to request further information or express interest in contributing. *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* - PEIRCE-L subscribers: Clic

[PEIRCE-L] Call for Papers 19th Annual Gathering in Biosemiotics July 1-5, 2019 Moscow, Russian Federation

2018-11-09 Thread Gary Richmond
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[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: The John Dewey Society October 2018 Update

2018-11-08 Thread Gary Richmond
FYI Share

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: The Charles S. Peirce Society Newsletter, 2:2 November 2018

2018-11-08 Thread Gary Richmond
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[PEIRCE-L] "Aesthetics Matters” THE NEW YORK PRAGMATIST FORUM, 11/16

2018-10-30 Thread Gary Richmond
“*The Evolution of ‘Autonomy’ in Pragmatist Aesthetics”* *- - - - - - -* *Osman Nemli, Vassar College,* “*The Meaning of a City According to Land Art”* - *- - - - - -* *Refreshments Will Be Served* *For More Information: jmgr...@fordham.edu * *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Cri

[PEIRCE-L] Disinformation, dystopia and post-reality in social media: A semiotic-cognitive perspective

2018-10-30 Thread Gary Richmond
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Re: [PEIRCE-L] Pure and applied mathematics

2018-10-24 Thread Gary Richmond
; is merely the list becoming somewhat quiet for a time. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:13 AM Charles Pyle wrote: > This email dated

Re: [PEIRCE-L] John Kaag on William James (& Peirce & Whitman) on "The greatest uses of life"

2018-10-15 Thread Gary Richmond
enting generally on Kaag's fine essay ("a worthy meditation" as an off-list correspondent put it) with some brief specific responses to Helmut's and Stephen's remarks. But more active participation by me may take a few days. If others--or you, Jeff--would like to begin that

[PEIRCE-L] John Kaag on William James (& Peirce & Whitman) on "The greatest uses of life"

2018-10-01 Thread Gary Richmond
n light of American pragmatism. Again, I believe it would be most valuable to read Kaag's essay first before commenting on the theme. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690*

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Terminology of Peirce's final sign classification

2018-09-25 Thread Gary Richmond
rt replied to Lalor's thesis, defending his own view.) Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 11:56 AM Jeffrey Brian Downard < jeffrey.down...

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Brief note on the passing of V. Tejera at 95 years

2018-09-18 Thread Gary Richmond
e human sciences, fine arts, etc. Thank you for bringing V. Tejera's life and work to our attention. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:39 PM Ati

[PEIRCE-L] Terminology of Peirce's final sign classification

2018-09-18 Thread Gary Richmond
ns appear to me to be all Trichotomies; but it is possible that none of them are properly so. Of these ten Trichotomies, I have a clear apprehension of some, an unsatisfactory and doubtful notion of others, and a tolerable but not thoroughly tried conception of others. (EP2. 483) Best, Gary *Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Direct experience and immediate object

2018-09-13 Thread Gary Richmond
cable to signs generally. [—] A rheme is any sign that is not true nor false, like almost any single word except ‘yes’ and ‘no’, which are almost peculiar to modern languages. So, I'm not sure what to make of your comments regarding the Rheme. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Categories and Modes of Being (was How should semeiotic be classified among the sciences?)

2018-09-11 Thread Gary Richmond
ve modes of being prior to our inquiry into their reality in metaphysics. However, the role of logic as semeiotics in, as it were, *mediating* between these two sciences in consideration of the categories, is still unclear to me. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communi

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Categories and Modes of Being (was How should semeiotic be classified among the sciences?)

2018-09-11 Thread Gary Richmond
sciences. This is just a suggestion of an approach to this categorial issue and could, no doubt, be expressed better, perhaps as a hypothesis which we might examine together. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Un

Re: [PEIRCE-L] How should semeiotic be classified among the sciences?

2018-09-11 Thread Gary Richmond
stract, it is but a Pythagorean number, 1ns, which "characterization" Peirce would seem to have come to prefer. Yet I think that *that* move actually allows all the associations listed above (and more) to co-mingle in our thinking, perhaps especially our semeiotic thinking. Best, Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] How should semeiotic be classified among the sciences?

2018-09-10 Thread Gary Richmond
s semeiotic which, as you yourself have noted, properly understood and applied, become those of metaphysics. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:2

Re: [PEIRCE-L] How should semeiotic be classified among the sciences?

2018-09-10 Thread Gary Richmond
that *studies *Signs is not part of phenomenology, but of Normative Science Regarding this there seems to be, for good reason as I see it, more agreement than disagreement. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City U

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Brief note on the passing of V. Tejera at 95 years

2018-09-05 Thread Gary Richmond
Villanueva') is characterized in that iconic piece of American biofiction. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:38 PM Atila Bayat wro

[PEIRCE-L] A brief introduction/exploration of 'type' (Gary Fuhrman)

2018-09-05 Thread Gary Richmond
completely). I'd encourage all, perhaps especially those with "no specialized or academic background," to read his book and follow his blog. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New Yor

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Direct experience and immediate object

2018-09-04 Thread Gary Richmond
ll struggling with). I am sure I am not alone in looking forward to further lively discussions of your work (and possibly other Peircean themes) on Peirce-L should you find the time and have the inclination. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaG

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The nature of the Dynamic Object, was, Genuine and Degenerate (was Possibility and actuality)

2018-09-04 Thread Gary Richmond
meeting of a few Peirceans in NYC, all but one of which is on this list, and all possessing sharp intellects, I wasn't able to get across even the idea that "a Sign is not a real thing." So, as they say, perhaps "you've got your work cut out for you" in making the case f

[PEIRCE-L] New Publication: 2018 Autumn Issue of Signs & Media

2018-09-02 Thread Gary Richmond
eneral Narratology Lian Duan Narrative and Narrative Evolution: A Review of Paul Cobley’s Narrative Fang Xiaoli *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* - PEIRCE-L

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Schematic Representation of the Triad ?

2018-08-31 Thread Gary Richmond
o other ways in which the categories may play a part in the structuring of the diagram of the 10 classes. But that's a discussion for another day. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *7

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Schematic Representation of the Triad ?

2018-08-31 Thread Gary Richmond
infinitum? So we might say that an O initiates a semiosis through a R for an I, or present that logical chain starting with any of its 3 elements since what truly characterizes a semiosis is the synergy between the 3 correlates? Best, Attachments area *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical T

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The nature of the Dynamic Object, was, Genuine and Degenerate (was Possibility and actuality)

2018-08-28 Thread Gary Richmond
play in determining it in Peirce's sense of 'determination', that is in placing constraints on what may be truly signified. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The nature of the Dynamic Object, was, Genuine and Degenerate (was Possibility and actuality)

2018-08-28 Thread Gary Richmond
etermined by nothing but a Necessitant" (ibid). For now I'm still mainly concerned with how the OD determines the OI in accordance with Peirce's non-causal definition of "determines." The better I understand that part of the 'equation' the more I should be able to fo

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Inquiry requires a scientific spirit, was, Possibility and actuality: What does a variable refer to?

2018-08-24 Thread Gary Richmond
ividual, in mine, the community, we appear to have reached agreement on the need for both. Your post was quite helpful in this regard. So, thank you. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 4

[PEIRCE-L] The nature of the Dynamic Object, was, Genuine and Degenerate (was Possibility and actuality)

2018-08-24 Thread Gary Richmond
such relations as unlimited and final study would show it to be. The former I call the *Immediate *Object, the latter the *Dynamical* Object. For the latter is the Object that Dynamical Science (or what at this day would be called “Objective” science) can investigate. I don't, in oth

[PEIRCE-L] Inquiry requires a scientific spirit, was, Possibility and actuality: What does a variable refer to?

2018-08-24 Thread Gary Richmond
taken up at all--by individuals who have come to their "own conclusions." I assume that you will disagree with most of this as you have in the past. I've changed the subject line to reflect the change of topic. These remarks are meant to bear upon science from a Peircean perspec

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Possibility and actuality: What does a variable refer to?

2018-08-22 Thread Gary Richmond
ation of the terms in > these disciplines. The three universes, as you note, do have a direct > connection to the Categories - and that's my point. I agree with John that > 'the entities of pure mathematics do not exist in the universe of > actuality' - but I don't see

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Possibility and actuality: What does a variable refer to?

2018-08-22 Thread Gary Richmond
es principles (notably, the universal categories) to certain sciences below it in the classification (such as semeiotics and metaphysics). (Note: as discussed here from time to time, a science being "lower" in the classification of science in no way implies that that science is in any way l

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Possibility and actuality: What does a variable refer to?

2018-08-22 Thread Gary Richmond
the doctrine that there is no objective indetermination of Modality; it abolishes objective necessity and possibility together, and only conceives the future as that which *will* have been. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinkingu* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New

Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The virtual reality of the Mind

2018-08-22 Thread Gary Richmond
Jon, Helmut, List, Jon wrote: "Only later [than the 1903 classification] did Peirce add trichotomies according to the *nature *of each Object and Interpretant--phaneroscopic (Immediate), ontological (Dynamic), or normative (Final)." J ust so. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Phil

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] The virtual reality of the Mind

2018-08-21 Thread Gary Richmond
2:404; 1907). Exactly. In other words: The Object is 'utterer' of the Sign; it mediates between the Object and the Interpretant (the Sign representing the Object to the 'interpreter'). O -> S -> I JAS: However, "S represents O as I" seems incorrect to me; ra

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Re: the actions of mind

2018-08-18 Thread Gary Richmond
not going to make it. Responding to this post is likely to bring about another round of bickering, the kind of thing which results in some listers requesting to leave the list. So, once again, I would urge a moratorium on the topic. List members are, of course, free to do what they please. Best, Gary Richm

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Triadic Action and Natural Language

2018-08-16 Thread Gary Richmond
cross), but came to believe that they didn't apply at all. In short, not all triads are trichotomic (as Peirce used that last term to mean tricategorial in his sense of the Universal Categories). Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia Co

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Triadic Action and Natural Language

2018-08-15 Thread Gary Richmond
uot; to use Edwina's word. It is in my view an *essential* distinction to be made. On the other hand, I think it's time to acknowledge that Edwina will "reject" that distinction. Let's move on (at least for now). . . Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical

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