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

onflate "active force" with the "the law of mind" is in my opinion a grave error. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 4:40 PM Edwina

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

minology proper to logic as semeiotic. This is to say that, as Peirce saw it, good science rather demands that this distinction be made (enough quotations have been offered to support this idea that I won't repeat any of them here). Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinki

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

tion. But if I say "Hi, how’s your dad?" this is special. You are likely to think of the question as actually asking how your dad is. A good short introduction to linguistic markedness can be found here: https://www.thoughtco.com/markedness-language-term-1691302 Best, Gary R *Gary Ric

[PEIRCE-L] FROM PLATO TO PEIRCE, AN INTERVIEW WITH WINFRIED NÖTH

ve survey of the broad field of semiotics at the end of the 20th century. https://books.google.com/books/about/Handbook_of_Semiotics.html?id=rHA4KQcPeNgC Click on the "preview" of the book to see its table of contents. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communi

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Music in some theories of the origin of language, Was, A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

h some symbolistic schema other than discursive language. She tried to show that expressions of feeling have a structure, but that their symbol structure is different from that of language. Best. Gary xx *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGu

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Music in some theories of the origin of language, Was, A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

sible material on these topics would be much appreciated. As always, any connections to Peirce-related pragmatic and/or semiotic ideas would be more than desirable. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of

[PEIRCE-L] Music in some theories of the origin of language, Was, A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

more fascinating, Changizi shows that music itself is based on natural sounds. Music—seemingly one of the most human of inventions—is literally built on sounds and patterns of sound that have existed since the beginning of time. ccc *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Peircean research

your interpretations and am sorry that I apparently wasted my time and effort (and your time) in responding to your post. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Aug 10, 2018

[PEIRCE-L] Re: Peircean research

cean semiosic framework a powerful analytic tool for examining what is going on - in the real world - and I think that a 'cultlike hold on language' prevents many people from using that framework. To suggest that this is happening is, in my opinion, merely setting up a straw dog argument.

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

Peirce's phenomenology and semeiotic to 2ns, so that it seems peculiarly obdurate to suggest that they are not, that they may be associated in any integral way with 3ns. You will certainly have to offer more support for your comment than your mere assertion that it is so. Best, Gary *Gary Rich

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

n the knowledge of it a perpetual or indefinitely lasting conditional expectation may be founded. We say “indefinitely lasting” because as a general rule our laws are vaguely understood to endure only so long as “the present state of things” continues; but that state of things may endure foreve

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Sign Is Not a Real Thing

this a most interesting and valuable inquiry. Best, Gary R PS You were correct about the two proof-reading errors you found in my post of yesterday. I hurriedly threw it together just before a medical appointment with scarcely time to read it over once. *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Th

Determination in Logic as Semeiotic vs Biosemiotic, was, [PEIRCE-L] Objects and Interpretants

pic* science of* logic as semeiotic* and the *idioscopic* science of *biosemiotics* need be made. I've changed the Subject line to reflect this change in emphasis. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Univer

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: [biosemiotics:9262] Special issue on biosemiotic ethics now open access

Forwarded FYI GR The special issue of Zeitschrift für Semiotik on biosemiotic ethics guest- edited by myself, Yogi Hendlin and Jonathan Beever is now freely available online, downloadable in PDF format. It includes contributions by the editors, John Deely, Andreas Weber, Hans Werner Ingensiep, Jes

Fwd: JLRC Email addresses. Re: [PEIRCE-L] This time, the addendum got through

List, I'm forwarding this message from Jerry Chandler as it was clearly intended to be sent to the list. Jerry was responding to an off-list note I'd sent to him and John Sowa, Cc'd to Ben Udell (below Jerry's message). I should have marked my message "off-list."

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Recommendation: In email notes, avoid the word 'you'

inquiry is likely to cease on this list or anywhere. Do you? Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 7:56 PM, Eugene Halton wrote: > > I propo

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Logical Depth and Signification

individuals, not the person himself (casting aspersions by throwing out words like heretic, ignoramus, crank, crackpot hasn't a legitimate place in science although, as you remarked, it's happened not infrequently in the past). ET: So then what? In my opinion we all try to find a place

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Logical Depth and Signification

rsonal identify except my faults and my limitations--or if you please, my blind will, which it is my highest endeavor to annihilate" (CP 1.673). In short, Peirce saw a valuable (see 1. and 2. above) but limited place for the individual in science. Still, according to Peirce, one ought do w

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: peerages

tead > of thinking twice before writing a post (as a generally do), maybe I should > think nine or ten times. That should save me a lot of writing time too! > Anyway, I’ll stop now — sorry if I caused the list any grief. > > Gary f. > > *From:* Gary Richmond > *Sent:* 31-Jul-18 1

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: peerages

sense that it might be rejected out of hand as not offering "testable hypotheses." Turning now to your concluding comments, I am very eager to inquire with you on the intriguing notion of Peirce's comments that not only the interpretant but also the object of the sign may be the sign

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Logical Depth and Signification

d out that your describing your own approach as "dynamic" or "interactional" implies that your approach may be more dyadic than triadic (as Peirce used these terms in his semeiotic). However, my guess is that you may be using those expressions in a more metaphysical than a lo

[PEIRCE-L] Test--no need to open

Test *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_te

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Logical Depth and Signification

logic in that quotation. As for 'logos' as a concept, it has had so many meanings, uses, contexts, etc. that perhaps all one can say definitively about it is, as you did, that it's ancient. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *L

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: [biosemiotics:9260] Follow Biosemiotics on Facebook and Twitter!

FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Morten Tønnessen Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 7:06 AM Subject: [biosemiotics:9260] Follow Biosemiotics on Facebook and Twitter! To: biosemiot...@lists.ut.ee Dear all, official social media accounts for Biosemiotics, our journal published by Spri

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Logical Depth and Signification

s semeiotic is indeed a "remarkable characterization of logic" Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Jerry LR Chandler < jerry_lr_chand...@icl

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Logical Depth and Signification

xclusive tendency of the active participants on this list to take up theoretical matters. While I think this emphasis has been valuable as at very least a propaedeutic to applications of semeiotic, I sincerely hope that others on the list will begin to create threads directed to other P

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Logical Depth and Signification

arguments. Indeed, I and others have pointed out that your describing your own approach as "dynamic" or "interactional" implies that your approach may be more dyadic than triadic (as Peirce used these terms in his semeiotic). However, my guess is that you may be using those expre

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Final CFP: Peirce Essay Prize

Forwarded FYI GR Peirce Essay Prize 2018–19: Final Call for Papers View this email in your browser [image: Header: The Charles S. Peirce Society] Dear Gary, Please note that the deadline for submitting to the Peirce Essay

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

developed Sign which it determines, namely, its Interpretant Sign. Now the Id and If appear to be outside the Sign as much as is the DO, and I don't think that's quite right. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of t

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

Peirce's late semeiotic which is a topic of considerable interest to many on this list, I believe. My sense is that you still intend to drop out of the discussion for now to read more Peirce on the topic. I too intend to do more reading both of late Peirce and Bellucci. Best, Gary R *Gary Ri

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

work in semeiotic. Meanwhile, I'd like to thank you for your beginning this thread given the thinking it has provoked in several (perhaps many) here, and hope that your continued reading of Peirce will lead you to an even stronger explication of his late semeiotic. Best, Gary R *Gary R

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

figure in your thinking today without getting a "Where on earth are you, etc." prologue to an response? :-) Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sun, Jun 24,

[PEIRCE-L] CFP: 11th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, June, 2019

CFP: 11th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XI) Home / Congress & Call for Papers / CFP: 11th conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies (NASS XI) 222018JUN In Congress & Cal

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

information it holds *may be*.. So, if you are, like Peirce, an extreme realist, then may-bes and would-be-s are real, and if the rheme contains any information at all, then it *may be* interpreted as information in futuro. But I see that I am repeating my claim. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond*

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

ng contradictory things when one looks from one quotation to another on this not inconsequential matter of terminology. It seems to me more than a matter of terminology. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Universi

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

he case in nature? This is why I wrote at the top of this message that I think that the rheme *is *present in biosemiosis, this suggested by the observation that nature is at least as creative as man, actually even more so. I think that the possibly information which the rheme holds might prove

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

s we are not discussing three units any more than we are in a discussion of the flow of Time such that we absolutely separate Past/Present/Future). But would you explain why the Representamen is not included in your formulation whatsoever? Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical

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

c object is akin to Frege’s *Bedeutung*, while Peirce’s immediate object is akin to Frege’s *Sinn*. After having exposed the Fregean interpretation, I briefly reconstruct the genesis of Peirce’s notion of immediate object in his semiotic writings of the years 1904–1909 and defend the view that, accor

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

n't been entertained here: (c) that *some* signs, including of course the dicisign, but *not all *signs, have immediate objects; I personally think that this seems unlikely.) *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University o

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

importantly, how does this all relate to your notion, Jeff, that there may be possible immediate objects? I certainly--as do we all--do indeed have a vague sense of the idea -is a *book*. But is that sufficient for that sign, the rheme, to be said to have at an immediate object, possible or actua

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

tually says about immediate objects," and that Jon has been arguing in the context of "an abstract schema of sign taxonomy" (which I do not see that he has been doing) is ipso facto wrong and not worth considering as clearly not Peirce's view. I find that not helpful in forwardi

Re: Re: Similarities between scientific method and art criticism, was, [PEIRCE-L] Peirce anecdotes

sensism," and I think this formulation works for scientific as well as art criticical 'scrutiny'. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 11:21

Re: Similarities between scientific method and art criticism, was, [PEIRCE-L] Peirce anecdotes

nature much more difficult to scrutinize. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Edwina Taborsky wrote: > Gary R - yes, nicely put, and

Similarities between scientific method and art criticism, was, [PEIRCE-L] Peirce anecdotes

John, list, John wrote: General principle: It's better to lead by example: recommend what people should do than make blanket prohibitions about what they shouldn't do. I believe that is what Peirce did most of the time. I agree. And I believe that something like this is so for art criticism

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce Society Essay Prize: Second CFP

Forwarded, FYI. GR Peirce Essay Prize: Second Call for Papers View this email in your browser [image: Header: The Charles S. Peirce Society] *The 2018–2019 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize* *Topic:* Any topi

[PEIRCE-L] The real environmental problems are less scientific and more ethical

however one might frame them. I'd be interested in the views of frequent contributors to this forum, but also those of less active list members. I don't present this as a matter for 'debate' but, really, just thoughtful reflection. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy an

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce anecdotes

27;s personal life and character, material which apparently neither of us were yet able to discover, Janos. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 8:14

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Empirical or inductive logic Open-ended logics?

n science and logic is *always* rewarding. I personally think that it's pretty essential, especially if one is interested in how to make our ideas clear. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Empirical or inductive logic Open-ended logics?

ts of behaviorism and logical positivism is that they all blocked the way of inquiry. Well said! I couldn't agree more. I also highly recommend your article "Signs, processes, and language games." http://jfsowa.com/pubs/signproc.pdf Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy a

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: [biosemiotics:9259] DEADLINE EXTENDED CFP: "Semiotics of hybrid natures" (8–10.11.2018, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Due to several requests the deadline for the conference „Semiotics of hybrid natures: Anthropogenic ecosystems, multimodalities, transformed umwelts“ (8–10.11.2018, Tartu Estonia) has been extended up to 10 June. For participating, please send the abstract (up to 500 words) and a bionote (up to 50

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

t;all this" relates to the NA, the entire paper is recommended. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Gary Richmond wrote: > Edwin

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

" (CP 6.208). (Emphasis added) Well, that's all I have time for now and, as mentioned above, I'm hampered in not having RLT at hand at the moment. I would strongly advise all here who are truly interested in this topic to read Jon's paper and at least the last lecture in RLT. Bes

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

s *Reasoning and the Logic of Things: The Cambridge Conferences Lectures of 1898*. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674749672 Jon Alan Schmidt has further developed those musings in a most interesting and creative way in his recent paper which he's provided a link

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding "alien" life in the cosmos

John S, list, And I think it's significant in the context of the several recent threads that Peirce was one of the first scientists to imagine that there had to be a cosmos beyond the Milky Way, our own galaxy. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communic

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding "alien" life in the cosmos

" http://bigthink.com/dr-kakus-universe/is-there-intelligent-life-in-the-universe So, at very least, the jury is still out on this question. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718

Re: : [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

s are all very good and ethical people. And I should add that I have friends, colleagues, and students who are Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha'i, and Muslim, one of the delights of living in as culturally rich a city as New York City is. Perhaps the greatest teacher in my life, Da Liu, was Taoist.

[PEIRCE-L] The Eighteenth Annual Biosemiotics Gathering

tics.org/>. TIME Sun, Jun 17, 2018, 9:00 AM – Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 6:00 PM PDT LOCATION International House at UC Berkeley 2299 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720 For more information: www.biosemiotics.life *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia

Re: : [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

a, I am personally getting tired of this "debate." You seem married to your positions and unwilling to reconsider any one of them or any part of any one of them. I find your analysis of Peirce's views of God and religion illogical. At this point and out of intellectual exhaustion I u

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

that you offer a retraction of that last statement, Edwina. Best, Gary (writing at 3. as list moderator) *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Jon Alan Schm

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Reconciling science and religion; and, religion as poetic sentiment generalized, was, The failure of Intelligent Design

rs-Semiotics-Communication-Cognition/dp/1614517533 Remembering that for Peirce logic *is* semeiotic, it would seem that in *Seedfolks* that both the above ground and the below ground communities were rooted in semiotic and semiotic in them! Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking*

Re: RE: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce and theism

e which is being given more and more credence even in physics. So, to summarize: what is real (3ns) involves that which is existent (2ns) which in turn involve characters, qualities, possibilities, etc. (1ns). Consequently reality involves both existents and qualities, possibilities, etc. Best, G

[PEIRCE-L] Reconciling science and religion; and, religion as poetic sentiment generalized, was, The failure of Intelligent Design

that are comfortable for us . . . if we have the ears to hear or the eyes to see and the willingness to engage! Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2

[PEIRCE-L] Cybernetics & Human Knowing: 25th Anniversary Issue

&hc_location=group> and book review by Liqian Zhou http://chkjournal.com/?q=node/275 <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchkjournal.com%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F275&h=ATOxj3k1SclgaH81Fn5HaEOjf5UgURZ454pQwYltOEq6E4Qo9HukrvHsLB9APEHhwIm7X4Kw_o1EAr9pgFoligZGD4iuHRIWn1uvBZzhmIMfYi_i-SwNIff3FPTDOsX5hoD-

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

x27;ll have to disagree on this issue. On the issues of whether Peirce believed in the Reality of God and saw God as similtudine to "Spirit, or Mind," and whether Christian and Jewish faith do or do not represent "religious traditions," we most certainly appear to completely d

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce and theism

essarium* … ) I too wish I knew more about *Ens Necessarium*. In his 1937 book, *Ends & Means, *Aldous Huxley offers a hint in remarking that a traditional theistic argument was "that if there is an *ens necessarium* it must be at the same time an *ens realissimum*." That certain

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

holars (I mean especially the ones who are atheists or agnostics), but in my view Peirce's arguments regarding the Reality of God speak for themselves. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The failure of Intelligent Design

who are also members of Peirce-. Meanwhile, the Sadhu Sanga administration has been less than helpful in this matter. I appreciate your approach of removing the Cc to Sadhu Sanga as well as all the addresses except the Peirce-list address. Best, Gary (writing as list moderator) *Gary Richmond

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: [biosemiotics:9258] CFP: "Semiotics of hybrid natures" (8–10.11.2018, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Call for Papers Semiotics of hybrid natures: Anthropogenic ecosystems, multimodalities, transformed umwelts 8–10.11.2018 University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Plenary speakers: Nathalie Blanc (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot -Paris 7, France), Morten Tønnessen (University of Stavanger, Norway

Focus on Phenomenology and the Categories, was, [PEIRCE-L] General Agreement

(CP 1.353) > I guess put another way, for me, the universal categories are the > adjudicators in how I try to think about Peirce, not semiosis, which is a > process of representation. However, of course, from the vantage of > representation, semiosis naturally holds sway. > > Than

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

niverse *qua* fact, will be that Universe in its aspect as a sign, the “Truth” of being. The “Truth,” the fact that is not abstracted but complete, is the ultimate interpretant of every sign. I expect that you'll disagree with much of what I've written above. But I believe th

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

mbers, including me, have suggested it would be in the interest of the list to cease. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Edwina Taborsky

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perplexing

e years and decades, Peirce is much too complex, subtle, contradictory (in the sense of Walt Whitman, I'd suggest), much too *profound* to be *debated*. As for being "a positive contributor" to the list, Mike, you've already proven yourself to be one. Best, Gary *Gary Richmo

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

roject and which you and others have contributed to it in the transcribing. I'm sure you'd be eager to have other forum members join the effort. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

eful or helpful to offer you as well. No doubt there are others here who will join you in this inquiry, but I have nothing to add (even having recently reviewed your "three posts that launched this thread"). Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication S

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

approach to this (which I just read) is also worth reflecting on, especially in consideration of the recent discussion of the so-called "semiotic threshold." At the moment I would place that threshold a bit higher, I think; but I've only recently begun thinking about this is

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

represented. I couldn't, for example, call the piece *George Bush* and parody Barack Obama: I am constrained--limited--in the creation of my sign (the musical parody) to references to an actual person, George Bush. Best, Gary Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

tation," and so the discussions above by Albert Atkin are not, I'm fairly certain, meant to be definitive (if that's even possible). Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Order of Determination

n subtle distinctions, only some of which can I yet fully appreciate (he'll also in places offer a term x, "*or*" term y--I'd suggest that to the end he was constantly experimenting, never fully settling on a 'final' or 'best' terminology). Best, Gary

[PEIRCE-L] The John Dewey Society is meeting in New York on April 13 and 14.

ool *(Paradigm Press, 2013) General Editor: LEADERS IN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/leaders-in-educational- studies/ website: www.leonardwaks.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leonard.waks Twitter: https://twitter.com/ljwaks Email: ljw...@yahoo.com

[PEIRCE-L] Updated flyer on New York Pragmatists Forum with Axel Honneth

rsity* *Chad Kautzer, Lehigh University* *Heikki J. Koskinen, University of Helsinki* *David McClean, Rutgers University* *For More Information: www.NYPF.ace.fordham.edu <http://www.NYPF.ace.fordham.edu>* *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia Col

[PEIRCE-L] The 2018–2019 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize

as email attachments (Microsoft Word documents, RTF files, or PDF files only) to Richard Kenneth Atkins, Secretary-Treasurer of the Society: peircesoci...@gmail.com. Please include "Peirce Essay Prize Submission" in the subject line of your email. *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical T

Re: [PEIRCE-L] "What is the main challenge for contemporary semiotics?"

especially the life sciences--as well (but then semiotics generally hasn't been of interest to most scientists to date). Those of us who have delved into biosemiotics at all can certainly imagine that the idea might find a place in biology, microbiology, biochemistry, etc. Best, Gary

[PEIRCE-L] "What is the main challenge for contemporary semiotics?"

re quite varied and so difficult to summarize even for this select group. Best, Gary *​Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* - PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nature and Division of Signs (was Three Interpretants)

*action/reaction between Things. > > Please note that I have *never*--not once--used the phrase, "metaphysics > of *semeiotic*," which would indeed be a conflation of two distinct > sciences in Peirce's architectonic. Instead, I have consistently referred > to the met

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nature and Division of Signs (was Three Interpretants)

er a significant role there for Qualisigns and Legisigns rather than flatly stating "There are no Qualisigns or Sinsigns, only Legisigns." I would modify your comment "a Sign is an Entelechy" to "a Symbol is an Entelechy." I am beginning to see a kind of logoc

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nature and Division of Signs (was Three Interpretants)

y is. It may yield important insights into the nature of the extraordinarily complex semiosic process, at least from the theoretical standpoint. 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] Nature and Division of Signs (was Three Interpretants)

an inexhaustible continuum of *potential *Replicas, and a Replica is an *individual *instantiation of a Sign." This is so only necessarily for the legisign and certain sinsigns. Neither do I agree with him that the qualisign is not a sign (but arguing that would require more time than I n

[PEIRCE-L] THE NEW YORK PRAGMATIST FORUM

rdham University* *Chad Kautzer, Lehigh University* *David McClean, Rutgers University* *For More Information: www.NYPF.ace.fordham.edu <http://www.NYPF.ace.fordham.edu>* *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants and Fuzzy Logic

arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/taborsky/taborsky-sign-wff.doc> http://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/aboutcsp/taborsky/taborsky-sign-wff.doc Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 4

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

o engage in whatever Peirce-related inquiries they wish at whatever level of abstraction they wish to conduct them. That is all. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

ches, including (but not limited to) more abstract and analytical ones. I do not see why both more or less abstract inquiries ought not be undertaken. And given some of your own inquiry--for example the paper above, not to mention much that you've done on this list--I consider your c

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

John, list, JS: On 3/21/2018 2:22 PM, Gary Richmond wrote: > Peirce says here that this kind of analysis "relates to a real and > important three-way distinction." It may yet have been--at that point in > time--"quite hazy," but since Peirce saw it as &quo

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ered perfect" seems one that those so inclined to study ought not be dissuaded from doing. Quite the contrary. In a word, I see no reason why any and all areas of inquiry suggested by Peirce work ought not be pursued. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communi

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ption of the three and modified his terminology to express his evolved understanding. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Stephen C. Rose wrote:

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce Society Newsletter 2:1

List, I'm forwarding this extraordinarily rich edition of the Peirce Society Newsletter FYI. Please scroll down as you are sure to find something(s) here of interest. Best, Gary Peirce Society Newsletter 2:1 Peirce Society Newsletter 2:1 View this email in your browser

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

that it may not need some correction (or at least tweaking), but for me for now it makes more sense of the three interpretants than anything else I've read in years. And, again, that it does it succinctly is in my mind a definite virtue (esp. for the purposes of study). Best, Gary *Gary R

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Scientific inquiry does not involve matters

ecepts in Peirce's theory of inquiry within pragmaticism, occurring as they do in the third branch of logic as semeiotic--preceding the possible application of what has been discovered in semeiotic to considerations in the last of the cenoscopic sciences, metaphysics--*that* may be what

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Perfect Sign Revisited

aren't) may find Jon's work of considerable interest as in effect developing and deepening these semeiotic/metaphysical ideas of Peirce. See, especially, A Neglected Additament: Peirce on Logic, Cosmology, and the Reality of God, published recently in the journal, Signs. https://tid

Re: Scientific inquiry does not involve matters "of vital importance," was, [PEIRCE-L] A footnote on reason

that that happened. I think I will have to reevaluate my view of Peirce's character as I've had to do with other thinkers such as Nietzsche and Heidegger. For now I will say that your argumentation is persuasive. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Com

Re: Scientific inquiry does not involve matters "of vital importance," was, [PEIRCE-L] A footnote on reason

an democracy, famously arguing for a form of government guided by "an intellectual elite." There is just too much else in Peirce suggesting that he upholds the ethics of the Gospel of Love, including, for an example recently discussed on the list, his support for Abbot against the unfair cr

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