Category Archives: Icon Index Symbol

C.S. Peirce • Syllabus • Selection 2

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

But round about the castle there began to grow a hedge of thorns, which every year became higher, and at last grew close up round the castle and all over it, so that there was nothing of it to be … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 3

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson A more complete excerpt and the translator’s notes are very helpful here. A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss ;  for that which people … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 2

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Phyllis Chiasson I’m still a bit fuzzy on how Aristotle’s account relates to Peirce’s usage, though I’m pretty sure Peirce must have taken Aristotle’s usage into account, but it does seem that Aristotle drew some sort … Continue reading →

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Icon, Likeness, Likely Story, Likelihood, Probability • 1

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Benjamin Udell • Michael Shapiro Here’s a likely locus classicus for “icon” in its logical sense — A probability (εικος) is not the same as a sign (σηµειον).  The former is a generally accepted premiss;  for … Continue reading →

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Semeiotic

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Jon Awbrey

Theory of Signs Semeiotic is one of the terms C.S. Peirce used for his theory of triadic sign relations and it serves to distinguish his theory of signs from other approaches to the same subject matter, more generally referred to … Continue reading →

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