Category Archives: Icon Index Symbol

Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 11

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Michael Shapiro • Redefining Arbitrariness in Language MS: The matter of arbitrariness in language is primarily associated with the work of the Swiss linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), whose book of lectures, Cours de linguistique Générale, is widely recognized … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Ψ

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

I remember it was back in ’76 when I began to notice a subtle shift of focus in the computer science journals I was reading, from discussing X to discussing Information About X, a transformation I noted mentally as whenever … Continue reading →

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Survey of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 3

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

This is a Survey of blog and wiki posts on three elementary forms of inference, as recognized by a logical tradition extending from Aristotle through Charles S. Peirce.  Particular attention is paid to the way these inferential rudiments combine to … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 10

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs Continuing a discussion on the generative power of symbols (1) (2) (3). If it’s true what I say about symbols being the genus of … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 9

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Once, there was nothing there, nothing moving on its own, just data and people shuffling it around.  Then something happened, and it … it knew itself. William Gibson • Count Zero (1) (2) Re: FB | Dan Everett • On … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 8

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs Continuing a discussion on the primal character of symbols. There are a few passages from Peirce going most quickly to the root of the … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 7

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs A conversation with Dan Everett on Facebook led me to explain the following point about symbols a little better, or at least in fewer … Continue reading →

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Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 6

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • Alain Létourneau Alain Létourneau asks if I have any thoughts on Peirce’s Rhetoric.  I venture the following. Classically speaking, rhetoric (as distinguished from dialectic) treats forms of argument which “consider the audience” … 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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