Re: [PEIRCE-L] Categories and Modes of Being

2018-09-18 Thread kirstima
Jerry, John is quoting what Peirce stated in several contexts. So he is right. In other contexts, CSP writes a lot on unconscius (subconscious etc) mind. But he definitely considered his normative logic only applicable to deliberate thought. - He also stated that a person is a bunch of

[PEIRCE-L] Terminology of Peirce's final sign classification

2018-09-18 Thread Gary Richmond
List, For those who may not be familiar with the trichotomic terminology of Peirce's last classification of signs or who wish to refresh their memories, I've copied a portion of Albert Atkins 2010 article, "Peirce's Theory of Signs" in the *Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy* as perhaps an aid

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Terminology of Peirce's final sign classification

2018-09-18 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Gary R., List: I agree with your comments about Atkins's unfortunate take on the trichotomy according to the Sign itself. It certainly does not pertain to "the Sign-Vehicle," since this is a term that Peirce himself never used. The closest that he came was when he wrote in an unidentified

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Brief note on the passing of V. Tejera at 95 years

2018-09-18 Thread Gary Richmond
Atila, List, Please pardon my delay in responding to your generous note on Tejera's work available digitally and in print. I've been inordinately busy these past few weeks, so for now just a few inter-laced comments. You wrote: AB: The 3 main journals I found his works on Peirce were

[PEIRCE-L] Percepts, Signs, and Objects (was Categories and Modes of Being)

2018-09-18 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
List: As quoted and discussed below, Peirce stated in 1903 that a Percept "does not stand for anything," thus implying that a Percept *is not* a Sign. In a letter to William James dated October 1904, he added, "Percepts are signs for psychology; but they are not so for phenomenology" (CP 8.300).