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| It is important to distinguish between the two
| It is important to distinguish between the two
| functions of a word: 1st to denote something --
| functions of a word: 1st to denote something --
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| C.S. Peirce, 'Chronological Edition', CE 1, p. 459
| C.S. Peirce, 'Chronological Edition', CE 1, p. 459
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The question is: What sort of thing is a connotation?
The question is: What sort of thing is a connotation? Is it a sign? That is to say, is it yet another term? Or is it something like an abstract attribute, namely, a character, an intension, a property, or a quality? And while we're asking, does it really even matter?
Is it a sign? That is to say, is it yet another term?
Or is it something like an abstract attribute, namely,
a character, an intension, a property, or a quality?
And while we're asking, does it really even matter?
"No" is one answer worth considering.
"No" is one answer worth considering. But then: Why does it not matter? What reason might be given that would excuse the indifference?
But then: Why does it not matter?
What reason might be given that
would excuse the indifference?
This is a question that has exercised me since
This is a question that has exercised me since my earliest studies of Peirce. I can remember discussing it with my philosophy mentor at the time and I distinctly recall having arrived at some conclusion or other, but, alas, I haven't the foggiest notion what exactly my revelation amounted to. Perhaps that is all for the best, as the vagrancy of memory is frequently better than the vapidity of one's banalytic anamnesia.
my earliest studies of Peirce. I can remember
discussing it with my philosophy mentor at the
time and I distinctly recall having arrived at
some conclusion or other, but, alas, I haven't
the foggiest notion what exactly my revelation
amounted to. Perhaps that is all for the best,
as the vagrancy of memory is frequently better
than the vapidity of one's banalytic anamnesia.
These days, I usually try to finesse the trick
These days, I usually try to finesse the trick under the trumped up rubric of a factorization. So let me excavate my last attempts to explain this business and see if I can improve on them.
under the trumped up rubric of a factorization.
So let me excavate my last attempts to explain
this business and see if I can improve on them.
==Note 2==
==Note 2==
