Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:7252] Re: Natural Propositions Chapter 4

2014-11-03 Thread Sungchul Ji
Howard wrote: I will add that genetic information is symbolic because (110214-1) the primary function necessary for life, which is self-replication, requires copying information without initiating its control function. That is, for self-replication, symbols must be copied and transmitted

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:7252] Re: Natural Propositions Chapter 4

2014-11-03 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:7252] Re: Natural Propositions Chapter 4 At 02:45 PM 11/2/2014, Frederik Stjernfelt wrote: Dear Howard, Gary, lists, I think Howard and myself are on the same main line here, even if not in all details. I think Howard's generalization

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:7252] Re: Natural Propositions Chapter 4

2014-11-02 Thread Frederik Stjernfelt
Dear Howard, Gary, lists, I think Howard and myself are on the same main line here, even if not in all details. I think Howard's generalization of language goes too far because that seems to require an elaborated system to exist as a prerequisite to even the very first occurrences of signs

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:7252] Re: Natural Propositions Chapter 4

2014-11-02 Thread Howard Pattee
At 02:45 PM 11/2/2014, Frederik Stjernfelt wrote: Dear Howard, Gary, lists, I think Howard and myself are on the same main line here, even if not in all details. I think Howard's generalization of language goes too far because that seems to require an elaborated system to exist as a