[Sigia-l] is there a word

[Eric Reiss]

Hi Gunnar,

Actually, Peirce differentiates between 27 different types of sign.

The three facets you mention, index, icon, and symbol are members of
just one of three different sets of facets. The other two sets are:

Qualisigns (qualities)
Sinsigns (events and states of being)
Legisigns (laws and regulations)

Rhematic signs (relational in character)
Dicisigns (propositional)
Arguments (duh...)

Put all the facet combinations together and you get:

3 x 3 x 3 = 27

Hence, 27 types, of which Peirce said 17 were logically impossible.
That leaves 10 types of sign - which apparently don't have names.

Although all of this is fascinating in terms of intellectual
activity, I'm not sure it's at all useful to the basic discussion.

Cheers,
Eric

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