Category Archives: C.S. Peirce

Conceptual Barriers • 4

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Conceptual Barriers • (1) • (2) • (3) Re: Peirce List • John Sowa • Gary Richmond • Robert Marty Dear Robert, I believe you have pointed to the crux of the matter. When I arrived on the campus … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • Algebra of Logic ∫ Philosophy of Notation • 2

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce, “On the Algebra of Logic : A Contribution to the Philosophy of Notation” (1885) §1.  Three Kinds Of Signs (cont.) I have taken pains to make my distinction of icons, indices, and tokens clear, in order … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • Algebra of Logic ∫ Philosophy of Notation • 1

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce, “On the Algebra of Logic : A Contribution to the Philosophy of Notation” (1885) §1.  Three Kinds Of Signs Any character or proposition either concerns one subject, two subjects, or a plurality of subjects.  For example, … Continue reading →

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Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • Discussion 19

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Normative science rests largely on phenomenology and on mathematics; metaphysics on phenomenology and on normative science. ❧ Charles Sanders Peirce • Collected Papers, CP 1.186 (1903) Syllabus • Classification of Sciences (CP 1.180–202, G-1903-2b) Re: Peirce List • John Sowa JS: … Continue reading →

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Logical Graphs, Iconicity, Interpretation • 2

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

In the first place there are likenesses or copies — such as statues, pictures, emblems, hieroglyphics, and the like.  Such representations stand for their objects only so far as they have an actual resemblance to them — that is agree … Continue reading →

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Logical Graphs, Iconicity, Interpretation • 1

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

If exegesis raised a hermeneutic problem, that is, a problem of interpretation, it is because every reading of a text always takes place within a community, a tradition, or a living current of thought, all of which display presuppositions and … Continue reading →

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Minimal Negation Operators • Discussion 2

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Minimal Negation Operators • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) Re: Peirce List (1) (2) (3) • Jerry Chandler JC: As a chemist, CSP often inscended hyle terminology into his logical corpse as he sought to extend the 15–17th … Continue reading →

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Minimal Negation Operators • Discussion 1

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Minimal Negation Operators • (1) • (2) • (3) • (4) Re: Peirce List (1) (2) • Imran Makani IM: In his first post on this thread Jon clearly says that [minimal negation operators] were developed from Peirce’s alpha … Continue reading →

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Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • Discussion 18

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Medieval Logic • Edward Buckner (1) (2) Edward Buckner raised a few questions about the sign relations implicit in Aristotle’s treatise “On Interpretation”, prompting the following thoughts on my part. On Pragmata The object of a sign … Continue reading →

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Relations & Their Relatives • Discussion 23

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Roberto Rovetto • Alex Shkotin Having lost my concentration to another round of home reconstruction disruption, let me loop back to the texts from Roberto and Alex which drew me into this discussion last week. RR: … Continue reading →

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