Aw: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-04-01 Thread Helmut Raulien
Jeffrey Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Northern Arizona University (o) 928 523-8354   From: Edwina Taborsky Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 8:11 AM To: Peirce-L; CLARK GOBLE Subject: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term   Clark - OK - I'll put in a long comm

Aw: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-31 Thread Helmut Raulien
who think about axioms as fundamental rules that are beyond doubt.   --Jeff       Jeffrey Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Northern Arizona University (o) 928 523-8354   From: Edwina Taborsky Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 8:11 AM To: Peirce-L; CLARK GOBLE Subject: Re:

Re: Aw: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-31 Thread Edwina Taborsky
that are beyond doubt. --Jeff Jeffrey Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Northern Arizona University (o) 928 523-8354 - From: Edwina Taborsky Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 8:11 AM To: Peirce-L; CLARK GOBLE Subject: Re: R

Aw: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-31 Thread Helmut Raulien
that might be caused for people who think about axioms as fundamental rules that are beyond doubt.   --Jeff       Jeffrey Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Northern Arizona University (o) 928 523-8354   From: Edwina Taborsky Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 8:11 AM To: Peir

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-31 Thread Edwina Taborsky
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } Jon, list The psychical law i.e., Mind, is primordial and 'matter is effete mind' - but - this Mind is not human mind, but that basic natural 'primordial mind' which seeks or wills, so to speak, itself into

Re: RE: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
> Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal > > http://web.ncf.ca/collier > > > > From: Edwina Taborsky [mailto:tabor...@primus.ca] > Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2017 9:23 PM > To: John Collier > Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu > Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] se

Re: RE: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
, University of KwaZulu-Natal http://web.ncf.ca/collier [1] From: Edwina Taborsky [mailto:tabor...@primus.ca] Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2017 9:23 PM To: John Collier Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term John

Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jerry Rhee
Thursday, 30 March 2017 9:23 PM > *To:* John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > *Cc:* peirce-l@list.iupui.edu > *Subject:* Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term > > > > John - thanks for the quotation. > > I fully agree. The Peircean framework is

RE: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread John Collier
] Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2017 9:23 PM To: John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term John - thanks for the quotation. I fully agree. The Peircean framework is irreducibly triadic. As he writes, "

Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term John C., List: [John Collier] Peirce uses “sign” in both ways, which can be confusing. Perhaps I missed them, but I am not aware of any passages where Peirce used "sign" to mean a

Aw: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Helmut Raulien
Jon, List, Thank you. So this was another semantic problem, this time with the term "would"!    30. März 2017 um 20:04 Uhr Von: "Jon Alan Schmidt"   Helmut, List:   HR:  Eg. he wrote, that the dynamical object is real, and that it also is the object as a final

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Schmidt Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:52 AM To: tabor...@primus.ca Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term Edwina, List: Just one (hopefully last) comment here. ET: But a thing that bothers me about some of the focus of this list

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Helmut, List: HR: Eg. he wrote, that the dynamical object is real, and that it also is the object as a final study would show it to be. I think that the key word here is *would*. The idea is that the real is that which *would *come to be known by an infinite community after indefinite

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jerry Rhee
.ac.za> > wrote: > >> I am not very keen on multiple universes, though I readily admit >> different metaphysical categories. But I think any deep difference is just >> talk. >> >> >> >> *From:* Jon Alan Schmidt [mailto:jonalanschm...@gmail.com

Aw: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Helmut Raulien
From: Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:52 AM To: tabor...@primus.ca Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term   Edwina, List:   Just one (hopefully last) comment here.   ET:  But a thing that bothe

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
anschm...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, 30 March 2017 3:33 PM > *To:* John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > *Cc:* peirce-l@list.iupui.edu > *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term > > > > John C., List: > > *[John Collier] Peirce uses “s

Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jeffrey Brian Downard
com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:52 AM To: tabor...@primus.ca Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term Edwina, List: Just one (hopefully last) comment here. ET: But a thing that bothers me about some of the focus of this list is its iso

RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread John Collier
irce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term John C., List: [John Collier] Peirce uses “sign” in both ways, which can be confusing. Perhaps I missed them, but I am not aware of any passages where Peirce used "sign" to mean a "triad&qu

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Clark, list - I think I wasn't clear in my post below. What I meant to say is that Peirce himself did not use singular terms that meant 'only this' in his work. As John Collier points out - he used 'sign' and 'representamen'; his use of the three categories were filled with expansive

Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Edwina, List: Just one (hopefully last) comment here. ET: But a thing that bothers me about some of the focus of this list is its isolation from reality; that is, it's all about words and definitions. But Peirce wasn't focused on that. Peirce was certainly not *only *focused on words and

Re: RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Alan Schmidt [mailto:jonalanschm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 29 March 2017 11:37 PM To: tabor...@primus.ca Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term Edwina, List: It has never been my intention to insult you, and I have

RE: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-30 Thread John Collier
@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term Edwina, List: It has never been my intention to insult you, and I have never resorted to name-calling as you routinely have. I have simply expressed my considered opinion that your model of sign-action is significantly

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-29 Thread Jerry Rhee
*`when once it is written, every composition trundles about everywhere in the same way, in the presence both of those who know about the subject and of those who have nothing at all to do with it.. ~ *Phaedrus *Few persons care to study logic, because everybody conceives himself to be

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-29 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Edwina, List: It has never been my intention to insult you, and I have never resorted to name-calling as you routinely have. I have simply expressed my considered opinion that your model of sign-action is significantly different from Peirce's, and I have provided the reasons why I take that

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-29 Thread Edwina Taborsky
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } Jon - I will say this only once; I won't get into a debate with you. 1) I use Peirce's term of 'representamen' rather than 'sign' to acknowledge the unique role in the triad; that mediative function/action in

Re: Aw: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-29 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Helmut - the point to remember about Peircean semiosis is that it is dynamic; it sets up an active process of informational transformation. This is non-linear, so it is an error, I feel, to view Peircean semiosis as a step-by-step action, i.e., a linear movement from Object to

Aw: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-27 Thread Helmut Raulien
List, Edwina, I think, that there are four kinds of dynamical objects, two of which do not change, one that may change, also due to the sign, and one that changes for sure with every sign that has it for dynamical object: Metaphysical laws and axioms (given they exist) do not change, events and

Re: Aw: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-27 Thread Jerry Rhee
Dear list: rather ironic that the ultimate, immutable aim- the one that should accord with a free development of the agent's own esthetic quality- takes on the form of a carrot, no? Best, Jerry R On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Claudio Guerri wrote: > Mein lieber

Re: Aw: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-27 Thread Claudio Guerri
Mein lieber Helmut, List, again answer between the lines with >>> (this was taught to me by T.A.Sebeok just at the beginning of e-mails) Helmut Raulien escribió el 27/03/2017 a las 13:14: Claudio, List, So it is a bit paradoxical: On one hand we should be aware, that we are carrot-chasing

Aw: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] semantic problem with the term

2017-03-27 Thread Helmut Raulien
Claudio, List,  So it is a bit paradoxical: On one hand we should be aware, that we are carrot-chasing donkeys, on the other hand we should not abandon the carrot chasing projects, inquiry. And we must respect other donkeys who are chasing different carrots. And, for not thinking that there are