Cathy, yes, Deacon’s “absence” is the absence of existing things, concrete
physical objects or actual events. (This was not clear to me from his first
chapter but does become clear later in the book.) He wouldn’t use the term
“Being” in the way that Peirce does, but he is arguing against the ten
Gary,
It wouldn't do for me to make anything more than tangential remarks on Deacon's
work,
as it doesn't appear I'll be able to get around to reading it anytime soon.
Most of
the words I've heard so far are reminiscent of some hoary old topics in my own
studies --
"incompleteness" especially
Very rich post, Gary (F), thank you! I've recently been alerted to the
importance of Deacon by Gary (R) and he is now 'on my list'.
On the interesting issue of Deacon's 'Absence' which you raise in the last
paragraph, I wonder whether the Absent is absent from Being or just the
actual world. If th
Jon, Gary, Ben and List,
There's another part of the Minute Logic which may be related to the connection
Jon is making between “objective logic” and “categories”. It is definitely
related to the argument in Terrence Deacon's Incomplete Nature, which Gary R.
suggested some time ago as worthy
