Tag Archives: Objective Frameworks

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 4

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Interpretation and Inquiry To illustrate the role of sign relations in inquiry we begin with Dewey’s elegant and simple example of reflective thinking in everyday life. A man is walking on a warm day.  The sky was clear the last … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 3

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

The following selection from Peirce’s “Lowell Lectures on the Logic of Science” (1866) lays out in detail his “metaphorical argument” for the relationship between interpreters and interpretant signs. I think we need to reflect upon the circumstance that every word implies … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 2

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

A idea of what Peirce means by an Interpretant and the part it plays in a triadic sign relation is given by the following passage. It is clearly indispensable to start with an accurate and broad analysis of the nature … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 1

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Jon Awbrey

Questions about the relationship between “interpreters” and “interpretants” in Peircean semiotics have broken out again.  To put the matter as pointedly as possible — because I know someone or other is bound to — “In a theory of three‑place relations … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Discussion 4

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 4 Re: Conceptual Graphs • Tom Gollier Tom, Another discussion coming to mind is one we had on this subject in 2016.  Once again I’ll save a measure of strain on my brain by … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Discussion 3

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 4 Re: Conceptual Graphs • Tom Gollier TG: Given your diagram of Dewey’s example, I don’t see how the event of rain can be the object (O).  The objects seem more clearly to be … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Discussion 2

Posted on February 3, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 1 Re: Laws of Form • Lyle Anderson LA: You can not find “ground” in Aristotle.  If the past three years have shown us anything it is that his assertion: But the mental affections … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Discussion 1

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Conceptual Graphs • Helmut Raulien   HR: I find it a bit problematic to say, that the sign determines the interpretant, because the sign doesn’t infer, it is the interpreter, who does the inference.  But ok, I guess we … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 4

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

Interpretation and Inquiry To illustrate the role of sign relations in inquiry we begin with Dewey’s elegant and simple example of reflective thinking in everyday life. A man is walking on a warm day.  The sky was clear the last … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interpreter and Interpretant • Selection 3

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Jon Awbrey

The following selection from Peirce’s “Lowell Lectures on the Logic of Science” (1866) lays out in detail his “metaphorical argument” for the relationship between interpreters and interpretant signs. I think we need to reflect upon the circumstance that every word implies … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Peirce, Diagrammatic Reasoning, Interpretive Frameworks, Logic, Logical Graphs, Objective Frameworks, Relation Theory, Semiotics, Sign Relations, Systems of Interpretation, Triadic Relations, Visualization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments