[Sigia-l] is there a word

[Ruth Kaufman]

I believe that Peirce's ten signs are termed such things as "rhematic indexical sinsign". In a course I took on Peirce, we referred to them by number. This would translate into "2-2-1", where '2' refers to the fact that the sign is a sinsign; '2' refers to the indexical quality of that legisign, and '1' refers to the rhematic nature of the sign. 

Boy, I'm feeling a little rusty on Peirce. If I can find or think of some examples of this system of signs, I'll share them. 

Cheers,
Ruth

   -------Original Message-------
   > From: Eric Reiss <elr at e-reiss.com>
   > Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] is there a word
   > Sent: 07 Jun 2004 09:21:39
   >
   >  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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