Re: C.S. Peirce • A Guess at the Rid dle

Jon Awbrey <[email protected]>
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Re: Benjamin Udell
At: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/8026

Re: Terry Bristol
At: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/8029

In the passage I quoted, Peirce is describing a critical juncture in the evolution
of our physical understanding.  One of the things we can see in the formula F = ma
is the transition from an intuitive, dualistic, cause-effect conception of force to
a geometric description of change in differential, relative terms.  To observe all
that in the physics of his day was not only perceptive but downright prescient.

But my present interest is more directed to this question:  “Is there a similar transition
to be expected in the evolution of semiotics, the theory of signs, or the theory of inquiry
itself?”  Developing a conceptual framework that allows us to consider that question in any
productive way will require us to pursue the matter of “Thirdness as it naturally arises …
more generally in systems theory.”

Regards,

Jon

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