Category Archives: Sign Relations

Higher Order Sign Relations • Discussion 2

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Joseph Simpson Re: Relations, Types, Functions JA: The subject matters of relations, types, and functions enjoy a form of recursive involvement with one another which makes it difficult to know where to get on and where to … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 19

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Going over the last few month’s posts about signs, systems, and theories of truth I see many unanswered questions deserving of further attention.  Seasonal diversions being what they are my mind will be elsewhere the rest of the year so … Continue reading →

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Higher Order Sign Relations • Discussion 1

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Charles S. Peirce Society • John Corcoran Questions about the proper treatment of use and mention from the standpoint of Peirce’s theory of signs came up recently in discussions on Facebook.  In pragmatic semiotics the trade‑off between … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 18

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Pragmatic Truth • Discussion • (14) • (16) • (17) Re: Peirce List • Tom Gollier We do not live in axiom systems.  We do not live encased in languages, formal or natural.  There is no reason to think … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 17

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • (14) • (16) Re: Peirce List • Tom Gollier I meant to write more last time but got waylaid by an onslaught of weather and progress on this topic is likely to be glacial … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 16

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Pragmatic Theory Of Truth • 14 Re: Peirce List • Tom Gollier Staying focused on a set objective has never been my strong point so let me emblazon the following emblem by way of keeping my eyes on the … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 15

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

The way of inquiry being blocked on Wikipedia, I saved the last version of Pragmatic Truth I worked on to several other wikis.  The current state of that article fork begins as follows: Pragmatic Theory Of Truth Pragmatic theory of truth … Continue reading →

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Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • Discussion 5

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • (5) • (7) Re: FB | Semeiotics • Gary Herstein Continuing questions about “infinite semiosis” vs. “unbounded semiosis” prompt me to make another comment by way of bringing our focus to bear on the … Continue reading →

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Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • Discussion 4

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Semiotics, Semiosis, Sign Relations • Discussion 2 It’s a common mistake to confound infinite with unbounded.  A process can continue without end and still be “bounded in a nutshell”.  So a sign process can pass from sign to interpretant … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 14

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Cybernetic Communications • Stephen Paul King There are many conceptions of truth — linguistic, model-theoretic, proof-theoretic — for the moment I’m focused on cybernetics, systems, and experimental sciences and this is where the pragmatic conception of truth fits what … Continue reading →

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