Re: Conceptual Graphs • Helmut Raulien  

HR:

I find it a bit problematic to say, that the sign determines the interpretant, because the sign doesn’t infer, it is the interpreter, who does the inference.  But ok, I guess we might say, that Peirce prescinds the semiosis from the interpreter, so, ok, the flow of determination goes from the sign to the interpretant, because it is the interpreter, who receives the sign, and then forms the interpretant […]

Helmut,

Thanks for this.  Something about the way you expressed the question led me to think of a new angle on it.

What makes an interpretant is fairly simple, at least, here’s the catch, once you have the appropriate mathematical framework in place — An interpretant is whatever appears in the third place of a sign‑relational triple

What makes an interpreter is more complex.  I’ll take that up as I get more time.

Resources

• Pragmatic Maxim
• Hypostatic Abstraction
• Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection (1) • (2) • (3) • (4)

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