[peirce-l] Re: Dennett

2006-09-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Jeffrey and Jim,I do not believe that comparing theories by abstracting their general statements about reality is sufficient. Dennett's theater of the mind argument argues against the homunculus and the theater.IMHO, Dennett makes arguments against which Peirce would rebel fiercely - in both

[peirce-l] Re: Dennett

2006-09-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Joe,It may satisfy you then to know that yesterday on conclusion I wrote the following in that part of my book that refers to the Kant and Peirce quotes we discussed:"Clearly, this is an integrative view and appears to place epistemological primacy in signs. However, a broader familiarity

[peirce-l] Re: Epistemological Primacy in Peirce NLC

2006-09-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Thank you Joe, that is helpful - I will have to get myself an electronic version of the CP.This clears up my concern regarding the term "unity" - he is using the definition that he gives to Kant's usage.CP 6.378 (1901)  from  "Unity and Plurality" in Baldwin's Dictionary 378. Unity is divided by

[peirce-l] Re: Dennett

2006-09-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
My firm response is that I do not see how it could be.With respect,StevenOn Sep 7, 2006, at 5:04 PM, R Jeffrey Grace wrote:Folks,Pardon me if this has been brought up before, but does anyone know if Daniel Dennett's Heterophenomenology, which maintains that all subjective states are ultimately

[peirce-l] Christop Koch's science / religion paper

2006-07-02 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
For those curious about the paper I mentioned previously - you can find it here : http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~koch/religion-06.pdf With respect, Steven --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com

[peirce-l] Re: Neuroquantology Journal

2006-06-28 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
The Neuroquantology Journal invited me sometime ago to submit my paper on the limits of discovery in quantum physics, so I know something of their history. It was started as an online journal only by Sultan Tarlaci of Turkey, whom I believe is an academic, at the time of the 2003 Quantum Mind

[peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2)

2006-06-17 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Jean-Marc, The reference is to the ink color - the brown colored text indicated in two ways - the rest is in red ink. The note maker appears to be identifying that Peirce used two colors of ink. The Brown ink calls out: 1. Rhematic, Icon 2. Rhematic, 3/8. 4. Indexical 5. Rhematic 6.

[peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2) (Correction)

2006-06-17 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
. Legisign 10. Symbolic, Legisign Steven Ericsson Zenith wrote: Jean-Marc, The reference is to the ink color - the brown colored text indicated in two ways - the rest is in red ink. The note maker appears to be identifying that Peirce used two colors of ink. The Brown ink calls out: 1. Rhematic

[peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2)

2006-06-17 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
My understanding is that this would not be a project within the bounds of those that interest the Gates Foundation. The focus there is on raising the standards of public education - not arbitrary scholarly endeavors. With respect, Steven Joseph Ransdell wrote: Wilfred says:: I think we

[peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2)

2006-06-17 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
For completeness: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ForGrantSeekers/EligibilityAndGuidelines/ Steven Steven Ericsson Zenith wrote: My understanding is that this would not be a project within the bounds of those that interest the Gates Foundation. The focus there is on raising the standards

[peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2)

2006-06-17 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
see ;-). Kind regards, Wilfred -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Steven Ericsson Zenith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: zaterdag 17 juni 2006 23:36 Aan: Peirce Discussion Forum Onderwerp: [peirce-l] Re: 1st image of triangle of boxes (MS799.2) My understanding is that this would

[peirce-l] Re: Fw: What is Category Theory?

2006-04-28 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
See: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/category-theory/ Though this may be more useful: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Category.html I asked at a conference recently why category theory was considered so important and the claim was made that it is important because it is our most advanced

[peirce-l] Re: Conceptual Structures Tool Interoperability Workshop

2006-03-26 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear Joe et al., Let me add a computer science POV here. I think that Joe is right in almost every respect. However, "Knowledge Management" is a widely used term and the work in this area is not entirely academic - IOW, there is a lot of work that has been developed independent of

[peirce-l] On Immediacy

2006-03-13 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
a special meaning in your writings which is of special importance to you that I don't understand. Joe Ransdell - Original Message - From: Steven Ericsson Zenith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:41 AM Subject: [peirce

[peirce-l] Re: Design and Semiotics Revisited (...new thread from Peircean elements topic)

2006-03-11 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
I must confess to being a little bewildered by Gary's strongly worded rhetoric - nothing against Ben or Frances but the case does seem to be overstated fro my POV. With respect, Steven Gary Richmond wrote: Frances, Joe, Ben, List, ... --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber

[peirce-l] Peirce invented the electric switching computer?

2006-03-04 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear List, There is a very nice and copyright free bio of Peirce from NOAA that I have copied into Panopedia for reference here: http://www.panopedia.org/index.php/Charles_Sanders_Peirce#NOAA_Giants_of_Science The article is unattributed and makes the following claim, that Peirce was: "

[peirce-l] Re: Peirce invented the electric switching computer?

2006-03-04 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
My thanks Thomas, can you please clarify to which document "W5" refers. Thanks, Steven Thomas Riese wrote: Letter Peirce to Marquand, L 269, 30 December 1886 in W5, p.422,423 Thomas. On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:30:30 +0100, Steven Ericsson Zenith  [EMAIL PROTEC

[peirce-l] Re: Are there authorities on authority?

2006-02-28 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear Joe, There are no authorities on authority and the public is vulnerable if it thinks otherwise. The memeio position can be summarized by saying that dictionaries are bad and glossaries are good. Dictionaries - and non-attributable content of any kind - are sociologically dangerous

[peirce-l] Re: Are there authorities on authority?

2006-02-28 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
ing his task in the DU project, given what he says in his description of it to us,to which I willnow turn in my response to him in another message, which will take me a few hours to compose. Joe Ransdell ----- Original Message - From: Steven Ericsson Zenith

[peirce-l] Re: Panopedia

2006-02-25 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
FWIW. I know of the ManyOne project and have tried before to understand what they are trying to do. Digital Universe is designed to promote that project. However, it requires you to download the ManyOne application suite - a new browser - to subscribe PLUS they want to up sell Internet

[peirce-l] Re: Panopedia

2006-02-25 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear Larry, Thank you for your response. The references that you give reveal transparency regarding your organization but that is not the transparency we are discussing. Wikipedia is also transparent in this sense. We have discussed here the transparency of authorship - especially with

[peirce-l] Re: Panopedia

2006-02-21 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear Gary, My thanks for your encouraging words. I agree that Ben's suggestion of cross referencing to Wikipedia is interesting - and I am thinking about the implications of that approach. Wikipedia articles do not have stable states. Who would own the labels? I did consider that one

[peirce-l] Panopedia

2006-02-20 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Excuse me if this is a little off track, but I promise there is a Peircian edge to it from several points of view. I know that several people here on Peirce-l have attempted to write articles for Wikipedia - and I have expressed my own concerns here in the past. If you missed those then you

[peirce-l] Re: Panopedia

2006-02-20 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Thank you for your input Frances. I am most firmly convinced that there is no message without a messenger; i.e., any message without a clearly identifiable messenger is simply meaningless. By which I mean literally without intent; absent the embodiment of meaning in a message creator. We

[peirce-l] Re: [peirce-l] Re: [peirce-l] [Fwd: [Fis] Søren Brier, Departmen t of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School is defending his d octoral thesis: Cybersemiotics

2006-02-15 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
and overlooked by me and I didn't realize at first that Gary was responding initially to your prior post. Joe Ransdell - Original Message - From: Steven Ericsson Zenith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:18 PM Subject