Cécile, List:
As Peirce states in the accompanying text, the triangular diagram in CP
8.376 (also EP 2:491) indicates ten sign classes that can be obtained from
three trichotomies--one for the object, one for the interpretant, and one
for the sign itself. It is very important to recognize two fact
Cécile, List:
I should add that the three-digit sign class identifiers in manuscript R
799 (undated by Robin) are for the 1903 taxonomy as indicated by the
accompanying text, not the (abbreviated) 1908 taxonomy as shown in the
triangular diagram. Again, in R 799, the first number is for the sign
i
Cécile, List:
321 in the 1903 taxonomy (R 799) is a rhematic indexical legisign. The sign
itself is a general law (3 for legisign), its dyadic *relation *to its
object is existential (2 for indexical), and its dyadic *relation *to its
interpretant is a qualitative possibility (1 for rhematic).
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Jon, List,
Would it be too much of a stretch, in the interest of clarity (while still
respecting the essential nature of Peirce's work), to consider the following
equivalences as relatively acceptable?
1) Regarding the sign (or representamen) itself: qualisign / sinsign / legisign
are essent
Cécile, List:
On the contrary ...
- The 1st trichotomy in 1903 (sign itself) is also the 1st trichotomy in
1908 (sign itself).
- The 2nd trichotomy in 1903 (sign's *relation *to its object) is the
4th trichotomy in 1908 (sign's relation to its *dynamical *object).
- The 3rd trichot
Cécile, List:
CC: Would it be too much of a stretch, in the interest of clarity (while
still respecting the essential nature of Peirce's work), to consider the
following equivalences as relatively acceptable?
This is precisely the mistake that I have been trying to help you avoid.
(1) below is t
Cécile, Edwina, Jon, List,
James Liszka made an important observation about Peirce's classification of
signs: “the theory is more complex than the phenomenon it hopes to explain."
Since Peirce himself was constantly rewriting and revising the details, we
can't be sure what he would have wri
