[CG] Re: Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory

Cf: Sign Relations, Triadic Relations, Relation Theory • Discussion 8 https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/04/08/sign-relations-triadic-relations-… Re: FB | Dan Everett • On the Origin of Symbols and the Descent of Signs https://www.facebook.com/dan.everett.1884/posts/286365076993646 All, Continuing a discussion about the autonomous character of symbols. https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/04/05/sign-relations-triadic-relations-… There are a few passages from Peirce going most quickly to the root of the matter and working to keep the main ideas in mind — before one gets too bogged down and bewildered by the full‑blown classification mania so common in the literature. The following statement is key. <QUOTE CSP:> Thought is not necessarily connected with a brain. It appears in the work of bees, of crystals, and throughout the purely physical world; and one can no more deny that it is really there, than that the colors, the shapes, etc., of objects are really there. C.S. Peirce, Collected Papers (CP 4.551) https://oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/Prospects_for_Inquiry_Driven_Systems#… </QUOTE> I know this is a Golden Oldie, but as the years go by I find many people have taken away different messages from even the most familiar tunes, making it fruitful every now and again to accord old themes another turn. Regards, Jon