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

2018-01-29 Thread Gary Richmond
his three quotation and comments (today he discussed only the final part of my message on techniques I employ, making thought experiments or observing my own semioses "on the fly"), so I have no idea why he coined the expression "Partial) signs," nor what he thinks of my res

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

2018-01-29 Thread Gary Richmond
t;what you have in mind") as a matter of some mere sense of mine of a "temporal immediacy," when in fact it is not at all my view at all, but part of my process, is for me at least, not presently very helpful as we explore this interesting topic. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond]

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

2018-01-29 Thread Gary Richmond
pain (another qualisign), the immediate withdrawing of her hand (involving now 2ns), and the cry (perhaps involving 3ns as she's a French girl and has heard mom cry out "Aie!!!" when she herself was in pain or saw that her daughter was in pain). How complex even the simplest semiotic even

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

2018-01-29 Thread Gary Richmond
likely to remain unconvinced by Bellucci "that, according to Peirce, only propositions have immediate objects" Best, Gary R ​ [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *7

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

2018-01-28 Thread Gary Richmond
Then there are 3 divisions that relate to the Object. One according to *the form under which the Sign presents its Object. This is of course **the object **as the sign represents it**, i.e. the Immediate Object *(emphasis added by GR). Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-25 Thread Gary Richmond
n conflict. Indeed, one would hope that they would mutually fecundate, even fructify each other. There is also the real possibility and practice of inter- and transdisciplinarity. Best, Gary R xx [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *La

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.14

2018-01-25 Thread Gary Richmond
thinking--which, again, is most certainly Peirce's (many passages to that effect)--about the omnipresence of all three categories in every phenomenon. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.14

2018-01-25 Thread Gary Richmond
s so basic to Peirce's thinking throughout cenoscopic philosophy (but, perhaps, especially in phenomenology and logic as semiotics) that I wonder what prompted your question. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College o

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.14

2018-01-25 Thread Gary Richmond
miotic will most certainly employ the discoveries of phenomenology, but that's an entirely different matter. 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: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-24 Thread Gary Richmond
e possible exception of the third branch of the normative sciences, namely, logic as semiotic). 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 Wed, Jan 24,

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.14

2018-01-23 Thread Gary Richmond
tic (or, as I like to think of it, trichotomic semeiotic, as involving the categories at almost every stage of his semeiotic analysis)? But, this is just a quick guess; and there may be more to these passages than I've suggested here involving, as you've suggested, phenomenological 2ns. Best, Gar

Re: Logic as semeiotic in relation to theoretical and practical psychology, was [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-22 Thread Gary Richmond
sp. in its including a pragmatistic theory of inquiry) is the final branch for which the other two prepare. 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

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-22 Thread Gary Richmond
ry long way since Peirce's day and a new outline of idioscopy would no doubt look very different from Peirce's. But one would expect to find biosemiotics among the special sciences and most certainly not as a sub-division of the *normative science* of logic as semeiotic. Best, Gary R [image: Gar

Logic as semeiotic in relation to theoretical and practical psychology, was [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-22 Thread Gary Richmond
robably not vice versa). 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 22, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Stephen C. Rose <stever...@gmail.com> wrote: &

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-20 Thread Gary Richmond
interpretant.” This idea of "consisting" leads astray, in my opinion. 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 Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 6:19 PM, &

Re: Aw: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-20 Thread Gary Richmond
ot;a special relationship where each input has a single output." I don't see how this gels with the snippet of Peirce's above (quite a characteristic one, I believe). Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies*

[PEIRCE-L] Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2018.

2018-01-20 Thread Gary Richmond
List, I'm forwarding Kalevi Kull's announcement of Gatherings in Biosemiotics 2018 at Berkeley. Best, Gary R -- Forwarded message -- From: Kalevi Kull Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 2:08 PM Subject: [biosemiotics:9256] GB 18 – Berkeley To:

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Biosemiosis (was Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-20 Thread Gary Richmond
thinking. Has there been any work (articles, dissertations, etc.) comparing the thinking of the two? As I recall, John, some of your papers touch on this. But I'm wondering if there has been any more extensive work in this area? Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-19 Thread Gary Richmond
hing like a neural net would for a brain. . . . Here is a video on fungi where Stamets reports some of his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAw_Zzge49c Best, Gary R ​ [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of t

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-19 Thread Gary Richmond
object which remains the same (e.g. the bird sound), while each immediate object so determined will be specific to some individual (person or animal). Best, Gary R . [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Un

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-19 Thread Gary Richmond
object which it represents itself to have, its Immediate Object, which has no other being than that of being represented to be, a mere Representative Being. . . (emphasis added) ( *Commens*) Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication S

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A Neglected Additament: Peirce on Logic, Cosmology, and the Reality of God

2018-01-18 Thread Gary Richmond
Jon, list, Congratulations, Jon. I am delighted to see your excellent essay published. I highly recommend it to list members. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York

[PEIRCE-L] International Conference on Semiosis in Communication: Differences and Similarities

2018-01-16 Thread Gary Richmond
osis/accomodation.html> - Sponsors <http://centrucomunicare.ro/semiosis/sponsors.html> - Social events <http://centrucomunicare.ro/semiosis/social.html> - Previous edition <http://centrucomunicare.ro/semiosis/semiosis2016/semiosisc_2016.html> - Contact <h

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.12

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Richmond
which Peirce outlines as well as in consideration of such fields as biosemiotics. 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 15, 2018 at 3:16 P

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.11

2018-01-11 Thread Gary Richmond
how far 'physical' and 'psychical' sciences have advanced since Peirce's time. But of course he predicted that that advance would necessarily have to be. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Univers

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.11

2018-01-06 Thread Gary Richmond
ly to reflect on our experience in order to, come to better understandings of the nature of physical pain, to, for example, discover means to control it medically for not only humans, but for primates, other mammals, etc. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy a

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.11

2018-01-05 Thread Gary Richmond
d). Gf: ‘Experience’ itself is only a word, like other words: how then do you reach the point where you can judge for yourself whether experience is your only teacher or not? Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaG

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.6

2018-01-02 Thread Gary Richmond
a Taborsky, Auke van Breeman, and yourself. Best, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Mon,

[PEIRCE-L] Year end note by list moderato

2017-12-31 Thread Gary Richmond
Peirce gives to this is, perhaps, even more famous. So to all a Happy New Year, one full of many good and fruitful things, including lively philosophical conversation in this forum! Best wishes, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-30 Thread Gary Richmond
view. In any event, and towards the new year, to paraphrase Robert Browning, our human reach should exceed our grasp. 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: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-30 Thread Gary Richmond
r, is something Tom Peters, business guru, once wrote: "Celebrate what you want to see more of." 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 Sat, Dec 30, 2

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-29 Thread Gary Richmond
a healthy and productive 2018. Here's one of my favorite New Year's quotes. And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been. Rainer Maria Rilke Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College

Fwd: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-28 Thread Gary Richmond
did and to which you ​ ​ properly reacted. Please accept my apology. I will make it public if you wish. Best always, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(71

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-28 Thread Gary Richmond
om/pubs/analog.htm. I see that Jon S has addressed this well, so I'll stop here. 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, Dec 28, 2017 at 1:24 PM, E

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nativity scenes

2017-12-28 Thread Gary Richmond
. of the evangelical fundamentalist stripe, have lost it (or at least suppress it). 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, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:

Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.6

2017-12-23 Thread Gary Richmond
not say that a sign is a (triadic) relation, but that a *sign relation* is triadic — and its *correlates* should not be regarded as * parts*. I tend to strongly agree with his conclusion. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication

Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-15 Thread Gary Richmond
o sets of nieces and their husbands are arriving as house guests in the next few hours and there's much to do before they arrive. Best, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5

Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-15 Thread Gary Richmond
nother--a new and different sign. Anyhow, that is my understanding of the interpretant in semiosis. 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 Fri, Dec 15,

Re: Towards welcoming newcomers to Peirce, was, [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-14 Thread Gary Richmond
great deal in Peirce which is compatible with an attitude and philosophy of meliorism, that, for example, wherever it is up to us to put our shoulder to some task towards improving our human lot that we ought do that. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critica

Towards welcoming newcomers to Peirce, was, [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-12 Thread Gary Richmond
ily agree with all of it) presently remains my primary focus. 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, Dec 12, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Mary Libertin

Re: Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-12 Thread Gary Richmond
ays seem to me to be closer to the mark. For me--and I think for Peirce--tricategorial thinking represents a kind of heuristic. I certainly am not married to any trichotomies which I have posited. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 3.4

2017-12-12 Thread Gary Richmond
al inquirer, that we ought not insist on what is right or wrong (seek consensus) for others in this matter. 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)

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-08 Thread Gary Richmond
anyone here is making such an effort toward consensus building on Peirce-L, and examples are always quite helpful. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 48

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-08 Thread Gary Richmond
as you and perhaps some others here apparently do, Mike), I have been personally stimulated to do some thinking I might otherwise not have done had he not made it, and I personally thank him for that. And I thank you also for your criticism, Mike, as it too has stimulated my thinking in quite

[PEIRCE-L] Robert Lane's new book on metaphysics

2017-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
ary R [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: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON P

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
Theory, is also necessary for a full development of this science.) In truth, I have considered most discussions of Peircean phenomenology far too narrow to be very helpful in bringing about an authentic Peircean science of Phenomenology. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
t, 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 Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com>

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-07 Thread Gary Richmond
semeiotic (and even a *logica utens*), can analyze phenomena in consideration of the other categories as well allowing for the two other possible branches just mentioned. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuard

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-06 Thread Gary Richmond
various contexts. More, hopefully, soon. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] > > > > > > - PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to peirce-L@list

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Categories vs. Elements (was Lowell Lecture 2.14)

2017-12-05 Thread Gary Richmond
Jerry, Please explain what you mean by this comment: "From the limits of JAS to CP 5.189"? Your apparent fixation on CP 5.189 has turned from being a mere irritant to approaching an insult to list culture. Best, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gar

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Lowell Lecture 2.13 and 2.14

2017-11-29 Thread Gary Richmond
t entirely clear as to the reasons for this preference). 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, Nov 28, 2017 at 6:07 PM, <g...@gnusyst

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Lowell Lecture 2.13 and 2.14

2017-11-28 Thread Gary Richmond
ce, be accused of "sloppy pedagogical rhetoric." So I'd be very interested in why John singled out this comment, and why he and others think Peirce would have written this as late as 1911 (unless it is. indeed, simply " sloppy pedagogical rhetoric." Best, Gary R [image

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 2.14

2017-11-26 Thread Gary Richmond
you do that, nor can Gary F be expected to respond to your alleged claims of his misinterpretation. 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, Nov 26, 2

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 2.14

2017-11-26 Thread Gary Richmond
with this as we approach Lowell 3 (I'm not reading ahead as I previously noted), the phrase "*elements* of the phaneron" (emphasis added) immediately comes to mind for how Peirce can refer to the three categories in consideration of phenomenology. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *G

[PEIRCE-L] FWD CFP: SIGNS - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEMIOTICS

2017-11-09 Thread Gary Richmond
[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: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON PEIRC

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Learning in the cycle of observation -> reasoning -> action

2017-10-24 Thread Gary Richmond
cycle is in effect, so that even after hundreds of years Newtonian physics, for example, must yield (at least in part) to Einsteinian physics, and both (at least in part) to quantum theory. However, we should never forget that Newtonian physics is *not* *aufgehoben*. I look forward to exploring th

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Learning in the cycle of observation -> reasoning -> action

2017-10-24 Thread Gary Richmond
As Jon just put it, "Yes, it’s wheels upon wheels but some steps are logically more primitive in the recursion." Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718

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

2017-10-23 Thread Gary Richmond
Romania; *Liliana Voicu*, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania. For questions and details concerning the conference *Semiosis in Communication: Differences and Similarities*, please write to Nicolae-Sorin Drăgan at: *dragan.nicolaeso...@gmail.com <dragan.ni

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Existence and Reality (was Lowell Lecture 1: overview)

2017-10-20 Thread Gary Richmond
n separately or as triads, but for the 6 possible tricategorial paths (see the "Mathematics of Logic," CP 1.471) which they may take, that these too should be seen as but "hints" and "suggestions." Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philos

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Existence and Reality (was Lowell Lecture 1: overview)

2017-10-19 Thread Gary Richmond
Finally, I think John Sowa was quite correct in treating the discussion of 'existence' and 'reality' from the standpoint of logic since that is what those threads all concern. As he pointed out, Peirce was a logician. But he was also a metaphysician of some considerable ability, so I'm glad that Jo

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Existence and Reality (was Lowell Lecture 1: overview)

2017-10-18 Thread Gary Richmond
ght evolve our humane consciousness, the final frontier of evolution as Peirce saw it. But this has little--if any--hope of happening if we cannot conceive powerful abductions, hypotheses, *possibilities*. . . This, I would maintain, *is* the work of individuals. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richm

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Existence and Reality (was Lowell Lecture 1: overview)

2017-10-18 Thread Gary Richmond
h includes pragmatism as a method) is immediately followed in Peirce's Classification of the Sciences by metaphysics, the science concerned with Reality, and methodeutic's findings are meant to facilitate inquiry into this final philosophical science, "the third and completing department of cenosc

[PEIRCE-L] THIRD EUROPEAN PRAGMATISM CONFERENCE

2017-10-18 Thread Gary Richmond
ttp://www.commens.org/news/item/call-papers-special-issue-%E2%80%98idealism-and-pragmatism%E2%80%99> - Competition | The 2017–2018 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize <http://www.commens.org/news/item/2017%E2%80%932018-charles-s-peirce-society-essay-prize> [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmon

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 1: overview

2017-10-17 Thread Gary Richmond
the important distinction which Peirce repeatedly makes between existence and reality, so I don't buy it. 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,

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 1: overview

2017-10-16 Thread Gary Richmond
d real possibles, and that their reality is *not* dependent on whether the conditions bringing them into *existence *"actually do get fulfilled." Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

Re: Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 1: overview

2017-10-16 Thread Gary Richmond
ifferent matter and has its own, to my mind, inestimable value. So now, to prove that point to myself--as if it needed proving-- I'll go listen to a recording of a Mozart piano concerto for the pure aesthetic enjoyment of it. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Cri

Re: Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 1: overview

2017-10-16 Thread Gary Richmond
s" (CP 5.503). Well, whether that quotation proves useful or not, I think that it's probably unlikely that this issue will be resolved in this thread, and that it may be indeed be a good time for Gary F to commence posting material from Lowell 2. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond]

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

2017-10-13 Thread Gary Richmond
From: Charles S. Peirce Society

[PEIRCE-L] The death of Eliseo Fernandez

2017-10-13 Thread Gary Richmond
e. See: http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/ABOUTCSP.HTM#Fernandez 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* <https://www.avast.com/

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell Lecture 1.3

2017-09-27 Thread Gary Richmond
ail?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Ric

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell lecture 1.1

2017-09-24 Thread Gary Richmond
ry R (writing as list moderator) ​ [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 7:06 PM, <kirst...@saunalahti.fi> wrote: > Gary

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Lowell lecture 1.1

2017-09-24 Thread Gary Richmond
t have just returned from what was to have been a vacation trip on Martha's Vineyard but which soon became something of a battle with Tropical Storm Jose. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City Univers

Re: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Peirce's classifications of the sciences

2017-09-04 Thread Gary Richmond
ed under the principle of fallibility. 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 Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Helmut Raulien

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy & Phenomenology

2017-07-31 Thread Gary Richmond
his life" will eventually become known and valued as much as some on this list value them--highly. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* O

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy & Phenomenology

2017-07-31 Thread Gary Richmond
avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=link> <#m_4415628362893984457_m_-1774544670465048147_m_856167499924167014_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy & Phenomenology

2017-07-28 Thread Gary Richmond
eption of universe in terms of sign" seems to me to relate less to phenomenology or logic than to semeiotic than to metaphysics. Best, Gary R./ [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York

[PEIRCE-L] Concerning the issue of email from Sdh. Sng.

2017-07-20 Thread Gary Richmond
of this list delete all messages with Sdh. Sng. in the Subject. More information will be forthcoming. Thank you for your patience. Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator; and as co-manager of peirce-l with Ben Udell) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking

[PEIRCE-L] The 2017–2018 Charles S. Peirce Society Essay Prize: Deadline approaching.

2017-07-17 Thread Gary Richmond
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. [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy an

[PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:9247] Re: Obsistence

2017-07-11 Thread Gary Richmond
all* of science (with certain dyadic exceptions), namely by his three universal categories of 1ns, 2ns, and 3ns. One might then additionally ask: Where else in Peirce's science does reflection on or-, ob-, and trans- help clarify his meaning when the three categories are in play together? Best

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Stjernfelt Revisited • Propositions and Information

2017-06-29 Thread Gary Richmond
Jon--The Peirce list is a forum, not a kind of personal 'storage' site. Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Jon

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's own definition of 'information'

2017-06-28 Thread Gary Richmond
needed in the matter, perhaps in the direction Jeff suggested (although I'm not at all certain of that). I'll be eager to read what others think. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's own definition of 'information'

2017-06-28 Thread Gary Richmond
well. Still, "more of that" conciseness is surely a desideratum for those of us who post to PEIRCE-L. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690*

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Stjernfelt Revisited (was some other topic)

2017-06-28 Thread Gary Richmond
and nature. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Jon Awbrey <jawb...@att.net> w

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: { Information = Comprehension × Extension }

2017-06-27 Thread Gary Richmond
John, Thanks for making what might otherwise appear confusing and complex, clear and simple. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Tue

Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-26 Thread Gary Richmond
have a right to a bright and safe future. Now is the time for boldness. Now is the time to leap. [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Mon, Jun 26, 2017

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Rheme and Reason

2017-06-22 Thread Gary Richmond
a movie ‘star.’ Contextual constraints enable us to select among the various niches in meaning space which a given text or symbol might occupy. *We might say that the ‘quest for meaning’ is actually a quest for context* *(emphasis added).* Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Phi

Re: [PEIRCE-L] An apology

2017-06-20 Thread Gary Richmond
of this sort as long as there is nothing exclusive of others in it, either explicitly or in tone. Best, Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator and co-manager) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City U

Re: Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-17 Thread Gary Richmond
natual in a Gobot. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:21 PM, <g...@gnusystems.ca> wrote: > Gary,

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Rheme and Reason

2017-06-17 Thread Gary Richmond
ost everywhere, nonetheless it is "lifeless" even given the somewhat metaphorical notion of "the life of the symbol" (which, again, requires--as the Peirce quotation I gave a while back and which Gary F hasn't yet addressed-- *a life form as a vehicle*. Best, Gary R [image: Ga

Re: RE: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-17 Thread Gary Richmond
" Computers and robots can already perform certain functions very much better than humans. But autonomy? That's another matter. Gary F finds machine autonomy (in the sense in which he described it just above) "plausible" while I find it highly implausible, Philip K. Dick not wi

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-17 Thread Gary Richmond
em on Earth." say, carbon, on some other planet in the cosmos, that I can*not* imagine life forming from an AI on Earth so that *that* remains for me science fiction and not science. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communicati

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-16 Thread Gary Richmond
ly in time. In my opinion, AI is best seen as a human tool which like many tools can be used for good or evil. But we're getting pretty far from anything Peirce-related, so I'll leave it at that. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Com

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-14 Thread Gary Richmond
through, and what is the nature of it (emphasis added to show that this "greater life-history" of a symbol *requires* "a vehicle of life." I would most certainly *not* pooh-pooh Peirce's comment above. GR [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thin

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-14 Thread Gary Richmond
g. Granted, intelligence in evident even in the growth of crystals. But I would not--and I do not think that Peirce ever claimed--that crystals were living, let along "life forms." Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: AI

2017-06-14 Thread Gary Richmond
e form" even potentially. Perhaps that's merely a limitation of my imagination. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Wed, Jun 14,

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk

2017-06-12 Thread Gary Richmond
s to test pre-Big Bang hypotheses (so, again, the term 'prescientific' seems apt), or for the reality of God. But if quantum action at a distance can be supported experimentally, other 'spooky' phenomena (like telepathy) may prove testable in time as well. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary

[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: Spring sale underway at IU Press

2017-06-10 Thread Gary Richmond
List, Indiana University Press is having its annual Spring sale. There are many books which may be of interest to forum members including quite a bit of Peirce (e.g. volumes of The Essential Peirce). Best, Gary R Enjoy our annual spring sale with 50% off select books. View in browser

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk

2017-06-02 Thread Gary Richmond
yond the pale. Best, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:55 AM, John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> wrote: > I a

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk

2017-06-01 Thread Gary Richmond
s a dogma of science" (but, I must quickly add, certainly not you, John) still many yet hold certain dogmatic views, and that these can enter into even whole 'schools' in certain fields of scientific endeavor. Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Think

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk

2017-05-31 Thread Gary Richmond
Ben, list, I agree that #3 is not a dogma of science. Best, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Benjamin Udell

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