Re: Systems Science • JS
Let’s stand back from the picture and see how the dimensions of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics look from a pragmatic semiotic or sign relational perspective.
Peirce’s best definitions of a sign relation are pretty minimal in what they demand and cover a wide range of cases from barely formed to highly structured.
Let’s move on to the more structured types of sign relations forming our ultimate practical interest.
In a typical case like that,
Generally speaking, we might think of
We use this case to discuss transitions in time from one sign to the next.
We use this case to discuss translations from one language to another.
To be continued …
Resources
- Differential Logic • Primer
- Differential Logic • Introduction
- Differential Logic and Dynamic Systems
cc: Structural Modeling • Ontolog Forum • Laws of Form • Cybernetics
where 
and 
is a non-negative integer. Although we’re likely to have other sorts of meanings in mind, this class of models suffices for a ready check on logical consistency and serves us well, especially in practical applications.
and the possible trajectories of a representative point through it. But a lot of people will be thinking of a “system”, like the word says, as a collection of parts “standing together”. Naturally I’d like to reach the point of discussing such things, it’s just that it takes me a while, and considerable analysis of 
to get there.
