ONT Re: Extension x Comprehension = Information
¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤
Time for the First Clown to Exorcise his Exercise.
| It is important to distinguish between the two
| functions of a word: 1st to denote something --
| to stand for something, and 2nd to mean something --
| or as Mr. Mill phrases it -- to 'connote' something.
|
| What it denotes is called its 'Sphere'.
| What it connotes is called its 'Content'.
|
| Thus the 'sphere' of the word 'man' is for me every man
| I know; and for each of you it is every man you know.
|
| The 'content' of 'man' is all that we know of all men, as
| being two-legged, having souls, having language, &c., &c.
|
| CSP, CE 1, page 459.
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?
"No" is one answer worth considering.
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
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
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.
I am gathering some wooly old links here just for my future reference.
I would not chase these if I were you. Since I am not you, I have to,
and when I have carded them all out I will get back to you, but later.
Jon Awbrey
¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤
Factorization Issues
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02332.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02334.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02338.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02340.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02345.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02349.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02355.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02396.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02400.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02430.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg02448.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg04334.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg04416.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg07143.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg07166.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg07182.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg07185.html
http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg07186.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg00007.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg00025.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg00032.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg01926.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg02008.html
http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg03285.html
¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤~~~~~~~~~¤