Triadic Relation Irreducibility • Di scussion

JA: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/9408
JA: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01/17/triadic-relation-irreducibility-1/
SR: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01/17/triadic-relation-irreducibility-1/#comment-1092

JA: The core insight of Peirce's conceptual system is the
     recognition that triadic relations are sui generis.
     Understanding the properties of triadic relations
     and the consequences of their irreducibility is
     critical to understanding Peirce's thought and
     work.  Every attempt to reconstruct Peirce's
     system on a different basis must eventually
     fall like a house of cards.

SR: Say why.

Saying why would be a two-parter at least —

1.  Why triadic relations are irreducible.
2.  Why triadic relations are necessary to Peirce's conceptual system.

No doubt some party of the third part is lurking in there somewhere ...

After a day's reflection, I guess the third part
would have to be something like this —

3. Why Peirce's conceptual system is necessary to understand the world.

That parses the question Why along the lines of a sign relation,
where reality is part of an object domain O, Peirce's conceptual
system is part of a sign domain S, and our interpretation of his
conceptual system is part of an interpretant domain I.

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