[peirce-l] Re: First, second, third, etc.

2006-06-26 Thread Gary Richmond
Jim, Actually, I had thought this last was an off-list note. But now that we're public, let me just say a few things inter-paragraphically (I love that Claudio Guerri introduced this notion to the list!) Jim Piat wrote: <>Oh I was just trying to be funny  -- you know,  with all the troubles

[peirce-l] Re: First, second, third, etc.

2006-06-26 Thread Jim Piat
Dear Gary, Folks--   Oh I was just trying to be funny  -- you know,  with all the troubles in the world ours are just tempests in teapots.  But I am serious about your good will being a great example and inspiration.  I was just reading this moment about the Israeli tanks on the Gaza border 

[peirce-l] Re: First, second, third, etc.

2006-06-26 Thread Gary Richmond
Jim, Thanks for your lovely notes. But what in the hell does this mean? PS  -- it's a third you damn blockhead!    Best, Gary Jim Piat wrote: Dear Gary.   Thanks for your generous and kind words.   You inspire me to try to follow your example of courage and good will.

[peirce-l] Re: First, second, third, etc.

2006-06-26 Thread Jim Piat
Dear Gary.   Thanks for your generous and kind words.   You inspire me to try to follow your example of courage and good will.    Cheers, Jim Piat   PS  -- it's a third you damn blockhead!      --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com

[peirce-l] Re: First, second, third, etc.

2006-06-26 Thread Gary Richmond
Jean-Marc, List, I suppose that one is permitted one additional word after he has granted his opponent the *last word* in a matter, but only if he might want to confirm something his interlocutor has said and where he has come to see that he was wrong. Jean-Marc wrote: my comments have been no

[peirce-l] Re: Syntax and grammar of the signs

2006-06-26 Thread robert marty
Ben, list, First, many thanks Ben for the graphical improvement and above all for your questions which allow to bring forward the thought...   1- On my use of the word "grammar" : I use this word in the sense of "formal grammar" that is to say the grammar of the forms of all possible triadi

[peirce-l] triad != trichotomy !!

2006-06-26 Thread Jean-Marc Orliaguet
A triad is not a trichotomy! This is the source of a lot of confusion. I understood that by reading Gary's article. Now everything makes sense. - A triad is a relation between three things - A trichotomy is a division of something into three things 1) the TRICHOTOMIES of signs lead to the fol