Edwina wrote:
The dicisign, as three of the ten classes of signs, (111014-1)
is a triad - with an Object Relation, a Representamen
Relation and an Interpretant Relation.
It seems to me that the dicisign can be both a triad and a 'monad',
depending on the context of discourse. It is
Peircers,
I was just about to copy out the whole of Peirce's Baldwin entry on Synechism
(CP 6.169-173) to my blog for continued study when I found that Ben Udell had
previously posted a copy here:
☞ http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/3531
I am finding much to think
Ben, list:
On Nov 10, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Benjamin Udell wrote, quoting CSP:
A true CONTINUUM (q. v.) is something whose possibilities of determination no
multitude of individuals can exhaust.
A minor comment with respect to this definition of a continuum.
The concept of can exhaust is a
Jerry - That you can endlessly, and apparently recursively, add any number
of elements means only that you have a potentially countably infinite
collection. Cantor's power-set operation allows increasing magnitude beyond
the limit of countability. CSP is effectively saying no operation can move
Regardless of how it may be explained or parsed by different disciplines,
continuity seems to me to relate mainly to time (mainly chronological time)
and to the fluidity that this creates, especially when one wishes to fix
anything IN time. I see CSP as having simply helped to make continuity and
List, Michael, Ben
Michael:
Your logical construct is sound from the perspective of Cantor's set theory and
its numerous extensions, such as the category of sets. No disagreements with
your conclusion if one assumes the propositions of Cantor.
(For an overview of Cantor's view, see:
