Tag Archives: Nominalism

From Dyadic to Triadic to Sign Relations Peirce’s notation for elementary relatives was illustrated earlier by a dyadic relation from number theory, namely, the relation written for Table 1 shows the first few ordered pairs of the relation on positive … Continue reading →

Here are two ways of looking at the divisibility relation, a dyadic relation of fundamental importance in number theory. Table 1 shows the first few ordered pairs of the relation on positive integers corresponding to the relative term, “divisor of”.  Thus, … Continue reading →

What is the relationship between “logical relatives” and “mathematical relations”?  The word relative used as a noun in logic is short for relative term — as such it refers to an item of language used to denote a formal object. … Continue reading →

Sign relations are special cases of triadic relations in much the same way binary operations in mathematics are special cases of triadic relations.  It amounts to a minor complication that we participate in sign relations whenever we talk or think … Continue reading →

Re: Triadic Relations • (1) • (2) • (3) Re: Conceptual Graphs • Edwina Taborsky ET: A few comments on your outline of the Sign.  I think one has to be careful not to set up a Saussurian linguistic dyad.  … Continue reading →

Triadic Relations • Examples from Semiotics The study of signs — the full variety of significant forms of expression — in relation to all the affairs signs are significant of, and in relation to all the beings signs are significant … Continue reading →

Triadic Relations • Examples from Mathematics For the sake of topics to be taken up later, it is useful to examine a pair of triadic relations in tandem.  We will construct two triadic relations, and each of which is a … Continue reading →