Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

2018-05-17 Thread Gary Richmond
es 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 <gary.richm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Edw

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

2018-05-17 Thread Gary Richmond
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. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Skepticism regarding

2018-05-17 Thread Gary Richmond
e 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 to. In my reading, these speculations tend to support t

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

2018-05-16 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *Communication

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

2018-05-15 Thread Gary Richmond
thical 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. Best, Gary *Gary R

[PEIRCE-L] The Eighteenth Annual Biosemiotics Gathering

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
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 C

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

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
ons 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 usually say, you can have the last word. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Th

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

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
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 S

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

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *Communication Studies* *LaGuard

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

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
en 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, Gary *Gary Richmon

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

2018-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
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 2:07 PM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > JAS, list: > > T

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

2018-05-13 Thread Gary Richmond
://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchkjournal.com%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F275=ATOxj3k1SclgaH81Fn5HaEOjf5UgURZ454pQwYltOEq6E4Qo9HukrvHsLB9APEHhwIm7X4Kw_o1EAr9pgFoligZGD4iuHRIWn1uvBZzhmIMfYi_i-SwNIff3FPTDOsX5hoD-> *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Un

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

2018-05-12 Thread Gary Richmond
udine to "Spirit, or Mind," and whether Christian and Jewish faith do or do not represent "religious traditions," we most certainly appear to completely disagree. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of th

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce and theism

2018-05-12 Thread Gary Richmond
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 certainly makes good sense for P

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

2018-05-12 Thread Gary Richmond
s 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* *718 482-5690* On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Edwin

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

2018-05-11 Thread Gary Richmond
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)

2018-05-01 Thread Gary Richmond
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,

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

2018-04-10 Thread Gary Richmond
t; 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. > > Thanks for trying to find common ground. From my perspective, you did an >

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

2018-04-09 Thread Gary Richmond
ial agreement in a few other points, that, with further inquiry, we might arrive at others. Meanwhile, I very much look forward to your response to this message should you offer one. But, I think that for now I'll leave the last word to you. Thank you again for your very thoughtful res

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perplexing

2018-04-06 Thread Gary Richmond
ense 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 Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the C

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

2018-04-06 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Apr 5

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

2018-04-04 Thread Gary Richmond
e 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 Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

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

2018-04-04 Thread Gary Richmond
ach 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 issue with any in

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

2018-04-04 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *Communication Studies* *

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

2018-04-04 Thread Gary Richmond
; 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* *718 482-5690* On Wed,

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

2018-04-04 Thread Gary Richmond
istinctions, 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 *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critic

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

2018-04-03 Thread Gary Richmond
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[PEIRCE-L] Updated flyer on New York Pragmatists Forum with Axel Honneth

2018-04-03 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *LaGuar

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

2018-04-02 Thread Gary Richmond
hments (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 Thinking* *Commu

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

2018-04-02 Thread Gary Richmond
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 *Gary Richmond

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

2018-03-31 Thread Gary Richmond
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 "Reply List&quo

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

2018-03-31 Thread Gary Richmond
lease 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 metaphysics of (concrete) *semiosis*; i.e.

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

2018-03-30 Thread Gary Richmond
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 logocentrism in your analyses which, again, makes me think that your are trying

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

2018-03-30 Thread Gary Richmond
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 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 7:55 PM, J

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

2018-03-29 Thread Gary Richmond
, 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 now have. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Phi

[PEIRCE-L] THE NEW YORK PRAGMATIST FORUM

2018-03-27 Thread Gary Richmond
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

2018-03-25 Thread Gary Richmond
gt; 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* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 4:12 P

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

2018-03-24 Thread Gary Richmond
tever 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 Sat, Mar 24, 20

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

2018-03-23 Thread Gary Richmond
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 critiq

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

2018-03-23 Thread Gary Richmond
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

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

2018-03-21 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Universit

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Three Interpretants

2018-03-20 Thread Gary Richmond
dified 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 <stever...@gmail.com> wr

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

2018-03-20 Thread Gary Richmond
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

2018-03-20 Thread Gary Richmond
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 Richmond* *Philosophy

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

2018-03-16 Thread Gary Richmond
hin 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 brought Haack's paper to my mind. Best, Ga

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

2018-03-16 Thread Gary Richmond
loping 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://tidsskrift.dk/signs/article/view/103187/152244 Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Phi

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

2018-03-13 Thread Gary Richmond
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* *Communication

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

2018-03-12 Thread Gary Richmond
ite." 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 criticism of his work by Royce. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Th

Re: [PEIRCE-L] APA Pacific Meeting Author Meets Critics: From the Axial Age to the Moral Revolution

2018-03-12 Thread Gary Richmond
e about Peirce's "semiotic animism" as you phrased it. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Eugene Halton

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perfect Sign Revisited

2018-03-10 Thread Gary Richmond
ctually *be achieved, either. I must admit that I don't see what you're disagreeing with. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 a

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perfect Sign Revisited

2018-03-10 Thread Gary Richmond
shall have a certain *general characte**r**. *(emphasis added by me) In my view, the 'general character' of the evolution of the Cosmos through, shall we say, infinite semiosis, is what Peirce means when he uses such terminology as that involving 'final' and 'perfect' and 'Truth'. Best, Gary R *Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perfect Sign Revisited

2018-03-10 Thread Gary Richmond
Jon, list, You concluded: "Any comments? I am guessing that these topics must simply not be of much interest, or people are just very busy these days, since I find it hard to believe that everyone agrees with everything I have been posting. :-)" I would imagine that there are several on this

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Perfect Sign Revisited

2018-03-10 Thread Gary Richmond
sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of the city of philosophy: Do not block the way of inquiry. Best, Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce's Last House: A Monument and Memorial

2018-03-08 Thread Gary Richmond
Terry, list, Terry asked: Is there an estimate of what those ongoing maintenance and repair costs [for the Peirce monument] might be? I haven't personally been involved in the project, but I'll look into it. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce's Last House: A Monument and Memorial

2018-03-08 Thread Gary Richmond
eep with finally be devised. Best, Gary ​ *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:18 AM, Terry L Rankin <rankin.te...@hotmail

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce's Last House: A Monument and Memorial

2018-03-08 Thread Gary Richmond
s wife, Juliette, stayed on their arrival in Milford on April 28, 1887. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Everett, Daniel <dever...@be

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Peirce's Last House: A Monument and Memorial

2018-03-07 Thread Gary Richmond
committee is now asking interested members of the Peirce community to make generous contributions so that the monument may be erected soon. Please see the complete announcement below which includes a link to information on how you may contribute. Best, Gary Richmond Peirce's Last House: The

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

2018-03-06 Thread Gary Richmond
at you would, however, find it difficult to find in Peirce very much support for your thesis. However, in our age especially, I think it's true that science, and especially technology, have been plundered and misused--just as the biosphere has--and unless we make great efforts to counter that misuse

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

2018-03-03 Thread Gary Richmond
r, so I have no idea what this has to do with anything, let alone my last post. On the face of it, it isn't Peirce-related at all. Conspiracy? Really? World-spectator? Really? Certainly "conspiracy" sounds offensive and, as such, has no place on the list. Gary Richmond (writing als

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

2018-03-03 Thread Gary Richmond
seems, well, almost brain-washed by the propaganda and "alternative facts" thrown at them every day such that they, for example, often vote against their own best interests. And all this too is, I believe, anticipated in a close reading of certain of Peirce's writings, including tho

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

2018-03-03 Thread Gary Richmond
ot;Evolutionary Love." Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 1:25 PM, Stephen C. Rose <stever...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think K. was refe

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

2018-03-03 Thread Gary Richmond
t fraction of a percentage of the world population) and the corrupt institutions they've put in place and over which they have almost unlimited control. Best, Gary ​ *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718

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

2018-03-03 Thread Gary Richmond
arned something I hadn't known and corrected an error in my thinking. Peirce called this approach 'Critical Commonsensism', and commented that his Pragmatism could be thought of as but a development of it. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies*

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

2018-03-02 Thread Gary Richmond
the positive results of scientific inquiry, for example, new technologies, may be applied to matters of vital importance (for example, in medicine, etc.) Best, Gary R Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Unive

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Quasi-minds Revisited

2018-03-02 Thread Gary Richmond
n Peirce's own model of triadic semiosis (which is hardly linear), whereas I find a certain "linearity" in, for example, your own model of input-mediation-output, your notion of "dynamic transformic nature" in a semiotic context, whereas Peirce generally uses terms like dynamic for

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Quasi-minds Revisited

2018-03-02 Thread Gary Richmond
nature of the Immediate Object is. Best, Gary R ​ *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Quasi-minds Revisited

2018-02-28 Thread Gary Richmond
t two Dynamic Objects directly and reciprocally affecting each other (cf. EP 2:411; 1907). But here we are speaking of Science, while I believe that Art is--even if rarely--able to perfectly represent its Object, one which however, it retrospectively, so to speak, creates. Best, Gary R -

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Quasi-minds Revisited

2018-02-28 Thread Gary Richmond
considers Sign-action in the light of continuity.* Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com>

[PEIRCE-L] Extended Deadline: 2nd International Conference Semiosis in Communication: Differences and Similarities

2018-02-28 Thread Gary Richmond
*: Call_for_Papers <http://iass-ais.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Call_for_Papers.pdf> *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] A Peircean linguistic view of the Second Amendment

2018-02-23 Thread Gary Richmond
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_split> by ruling that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. Although the Second Amendment is the only Constitutional amendment with a prefatory clause, such linguistic constructions were widely used elsewhere in the late eighteenth century. (See

[PEIRCE-L] A Peircean linguistic view of the Second Amendment

2018-02-22 Thread Gary Richmond
monstrate one way in which Peircean thought is being effectively employed in consideration of contemporary issues. Best, Gary R *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* -

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Quasi-mind

2018-02-19 Thread Gary Richmond
Jerry, list, Would you please explain why you posted this to the list, especially in this thread. I cannot see what pertinence it has to the discussion of quasi-minds? Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia

[PEIRCE-L] Quasi-mind

2018-02-16 Thread Gary Richmond
tion of a quasi-mind. The quasi-mind is itself a sign, a determinable sign. [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* - PEIRCE-L subscribers: C

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-16 Thread Gary Richmond
cupied with other matters needing my attention, I'll drop off the list for at least the rest of the week, perhaps longer, and try to find time to re-read "Pragmatism." Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGua

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-15 Thread Gary Richmond
t;that what happens within the child is Sign-action, not dyadic action/reaction;" but are you saying that only if the child cried something like "Maman!" and not "Aie!" (which, again, I find tinged with something *not* natural but influenced by the language she speaks, viz., F

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-14 Thread Gary Richmond
hypothetical case--by semiotic abstraction, especially abstract terminology, and in doing so have disconnected your analysis from not only "the life of the sign," but from life more generally--from semiosis as it is lived in all its complexity. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Rich

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-13 Thread Gary Richmond
ive claims and suggestions (for example, that the child's scream may not be sign-action at all) which seem, well, strained. So, I'm going to leave it to others to offer constructive criticism. Meanwhile, I'll stand by my previous analyses. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-13 Thread Gary Richmond
tark difference in habit-change strongly suggests to me two different signs, not one. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Feb 13, 2018

Self-control and self-criticism, was, Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Note from List Moderator : Frequency of Posting

2018-02-13 Thread Gary Richmond
Normative Science in general being the science of the laws of conformity of things to ends, esthetics considers those things whose ends are to embody qualities of feeling, ethics those things whose ends lie in action, and logic those things whose end is to represent something. Best, Gary R [im

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-13 Thread Gary Richmond
ns than to 1ns. And of course I'd be especially eager to hear what Edwina thinks about that interpretation. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-12 Thread Gary Richmond
me that for Peirce 'Form' *is *1ns, Edwina's analysis of Form seems to me more related to structure--the forms of the organization of related elements in a material system, rather than the forms of the elements themselves. In that physical system the organization would in many if not all cases have &q

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Note from List Moderator : Frequency of Posting

2018-02-12 Thread Gary Richmond
st, while not a community (rather a forum, a place) still requires a consideration of *all* who gather here." Best, Gary (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Note from List Moderator: Frequency of posting

2018-02-11 Thread Gary Richmond
active contributors) . In short, such self-discipline could possibly benefit all of us: participants and lurkers. Best, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Un

Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Knowledge Bases in Inquiry, Learning, Reasoning

2018-02-10 Thread Gary Richmond
not just EP 2:303-304, to see how he clearly aligned Form with 1ns, Matter with 2ns, and Entelechy with 3ns. I agree with Jon that Peirce aligns Form with 1ns and that it might be prudent to stick with his usage. Any thoughts? Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmon

[PEIRCE-L] Re: Note from List Moderator: Frequency of posting

2018-02-10 Thread Gary Richmond
and observers--when so many other philosophy and semiotics fora have floundered. Best, Gary R (writing, again, as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5

[PEIRCE-L] Note from List Moderator: Frequency of posting

2018-02-10 Thread Gary Richmond
ngs--could be that such an approach might allow for more time for additional thoughtful reflection on the matter(s) under consideration (and not only for active contributors) . But, again, please post as you see fit! Best, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gar

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Representamen Discussion

2018-02-09 Thread Gary Richmond
final point again brings up for me the interesting idea of "Signs of SIgns," since the child's Interpretant Sign becomes a different Sign for her mother (in my view). Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuard

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Representamen Discussion

2018-02-08 Thread Gary Richmond
ht characterize the Signs and semiosis involved in this example. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Representamen Discussion

2018-02-08 Thread Gary Richmond
son seeing that word doesn't read English? Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:33 AM, Mary Libertin <mary.liber...@gmail.com&g

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Representamen

2018-02-06 Thread Gary Richmond
am left alone [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:59 AM, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> wrote: > For Jon S's survey: >

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Representamen

2018-02-06 Thread Gary Richmond
. [—] A rhe*me is defined as a sign which is represented in its signified interpretant as if it were a character or mark (or as being so).* [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Collateral Experience and Habits of Interpretation (was Immediate Objects and Phenomena)

2018-02-05 Thread Gary Richmond
tjernfelt's work and Gary f's and Jeff's analyses, also very intriguing. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Jo

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Collateral Experience and Habits of Interpretation (was Immediate Objects and Phenomena)

2018-02-04 Thread Gary Richmond
t; I *meant *to say that your emphasis seems to be on latter (the external sign), mine on the internal (the cognitive sign that 'responds' to that external sign as immediate object. Sorry about that! Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Collateral Experience and Habits of Interpretation (was Immediate Objects and Phenomena)

2018-02-04 Thread Gary Richmond
. I think it might be easier to get a 'handle' on this question focusing on human semiosis (anyhow, I'm finding the 'bird' example 'tricky'). Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Collateral Experience and Habits of Interpretation (was Immediate Objects and Phenomena)

2018-02-04 Thread Gary Richmond
y thinking for now. But circling around this seems to be of potential value imo, at least for me. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 10

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Collateral Experience and Habits of Interpretation (was Immediate Objects and Phenomena)

2018-02-04 Thread Gary Richmond
cognition is of the nature of a sign.* [—] Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 9:22 PM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca>

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Immediate Objects and Phenomena (was Lowell Lecture 3.14)

2018-02-01 Thread Gary Richmond
sign") I remain confused and uncertain. And for me the terminology remains a morass which I due soon to leave to others to try to sort out. Still, I think both you and I, Jon, always enter into a discussion such as this with the, shall I say, good faith hope that we will better understand each o

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Immediate Objects and Phenomena (was Lowell Lecture 3.14)

2018-01-31 Thread Gary Richmond
st *be, and a Sinsign *can *be a Dicisign. Does the statue, as an embodied Qualisign, turn out to be a Dicent Sinsign of a peculiar kind? If so, what are S and P in the particular proposition that it expresses? *[I don't see at all why you are emphasizing what is Qualisignic about it.]* While it's

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Immediate Objects and Phenomena (was Lowell Lecture 3.14)

2018-01-31 Thread Gary Richmond
regarding for a while now. (I'll be reading responses to this post--if any--but this will be my last message for about a week at least.) Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Immediate Objects and Phenomena (was Lowell Lecture 3.14)

2018-01-29 Thread Gary Richmond
them. Perhaps I'll discover that I have myself completely misunderstood Peirce's semeiotic terminology. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Mon, Jan

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