[PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:8572] Re: Natural Propositions,

2015-05-03 Thread Frederik Stjernfelt
Dear Franklin, lists - It is classically described as such in the literature. The formal structure af abduction (the proposition A explains the occurrence B as a matter of necessity, therefore A can be chosen as a hypothesis to explain B) does not explain why A should be chosen over infinitely

[PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:8574] Re: Natural Propositions,

2015-05-03 Thread Franklin Ransom
Frederik, lists, That is a general explanation attempt of why humans are capable of abduction - that does not say anything about particular cases such as Wegener's. Hmm. I'm not sure what you could be looking for here. In general, any semiotic being capable of abduction must have a natural

[PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:8573] Re: Natural

2015-05-03 Thread Sungchul Ji
Koichiro, '. . . The path-dependent history carried by those incumbent elements in the reaction cycle, once stabilized through the successive alternation of the incumbents, must be functional in keeping the cycle in a durable manner. Is your reaction cycle described above different from what