1. 

2. ‘‘’’ K  electronic trichotomic –Method of trichotomic analysis –Case for GRASS tool –Means towards pragmatic synthesis

3. “Trichotomic is the art of making three-fold divisions.” C.S. Peirce “Trichotomic” in EP I:280

5. 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 ns 2 ns 3 ns Three Peircean categories

6. unit (in itself) correlate (to another) medium (bringing into relation) 1 2 3

7. “the beginning...fresh, original, spontaneous, free.” “determined, terminated, ended, correlative, object, necessitated, reaction.” “medium, becoming, developing, bringing about.” C.S. Peirce “Trichotomic” in EP I:280 1 2 3

8. ideas 1 2 3 Three Universes of Experience: habits brute events

9. habits brute events ideas possibility 1 2 3 Universal Categories: necessity actualityideashabits brute events

10. feeling 1 2 3 Existential Categories: thought action-reactionideashabits brute events necessity actuality possibility

11. may be ( VAGUE,  ) 1 2 3 Logical Modalities: will necessarily be if…( GENERAL,  ) actually is ( SPECIFIC,  ) feeling thought action-reactionideashabits brute events necessity actuality possibility

12. may be ( VAGUE,  ) Vagueness: Logical Modalities: will necessarily be if… ( GENERAL,  ) actually is ( SPECIFIC,  ) may be could be can be may be ( VAGUE,  ) :

13. possibility necessity actuality UNIVERSAL: feeling thought action-reaction EXISTENTIAL: vague specific general LOGICAL:

14. triad monad dyad Valencies

15. gives to x x y y z z A Thief of Peirce P. 198

16. A Thief of Peirce P. 200 Complex Valental Graphs Composition: “ + ”

17. A Thief of Peirce P. 199 Complex Valental Graphs

18. Reduction Thesis All relations of more than three elements are reducible to triadic relations, but triadic relations are not reducible to dyadic and monadic relations.

19. MethaneCH 4

20. Ethane C 2 H 6 - e

21. Octahedral forms

22. Icosahedral forms

23. Tetrahedral Structure Across Time (?) I S O

24. Vectors K Vector Analysis

25. Vectors process order representation analysis determination aspiration 1 2 3

26. Evolution: Chance sporting Achieved structural modification New-habit taking process vector

27. Inquiry: Abduction (hypothesis formation) Induction (actual experiment) process vector Deduction (of implications of hypothesis for testing)

28. Philosophy as cenoscopic: Phenomenology (trichotomically conceived) Metaphysics (of the real) Normative science: Esthetics  Logic as semeiotic Ethics order vector

29. 10-adic sign types: sign interpretant object analytical vector

30. Sign 4: analytical vector —sinsign (single sign) dicent (propositional)— —indexical—

31. Weathervane: analytical vector —as a single sign of the wind’s direction A propositional assertion— —by means of an index—

32. Semeiosis: determination vector —the sign— —for an interpretant. The object determines—

33. representation vector —creates a painting/diagram— An artist/logician— —which stands for some object/relationship.

34. aspiration vector...to achieve its goals. A virtual community......develops the means (theories, methods, tools, etc.)...

35. semeiotic grammar Sign Elements sign (representamen) interpretant object

36. 9 -adic Sign Relations qualisign (tone) legisign (type) sinsign (token) as to the sign itself: icon symbol index in relation to the object: in relation to the interpretant: rheme (propositional function) dicisign (proposition) argument

37. 10 -adic Classification of Signs 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

38. Qualisign: analytical vector 1 1 1 —the quality red. Something is possibly— —like— —qualisign rhematic— —iconic—

39. Dicent Indexical Sinsign: analytical vector 2 2 2 —the wind’s direction. It is asserted— —that the weathervane indicates— —sinsign dicent— —indexical—

40. Argument: analytical vector 3 3 3 —asserted as lawful. ‘x is a s is x  s is a’— —is a complex symbol— —legisign argumentative— —symbolic—

41. [ rhematic iconic ] qualisign 10- ADIC C LASSIFICATION OF S IGNS : 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 dicent indexical sinsign argument[- ative symbolic legisign ]

42. 10- ADIC C LASSIFICATION OF S IGNS : 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 9 -ADIC S IGN R ELATIONS: qualisign (tone) legisign (type) sinsign (token) as to the sign itself: icon symbol index as to the object: rheme (propositional function) dicisign (proposition) argument as to the interpretant: Theoretical Grammar: S IGN E LEMENTS : sign interpretant object

43. mathematics sciences of discovery : |> philosophy (as cenoscopic) : sciences: |> sciences of reviewspecial sciences practical sciences phenomenology (as trichotomic) |> metaphysics normative sciences : estheticstheoretical grammar : |> logic (as semeiotic) : |> rhetoric (methodeutic) ethicscritic Classification of the Sciences

44. Further Prospects aspiration vector F u r t h e r P r o s p e c t s |>*K in virtual community development:... tends to achieve its purposes. A virtual community...... through its use of stakeholder-selected theories, methods, tools, etc....

45. In Relation to Testbeds: Hypotheses are formed as to possible goals, tools, projects which might be of value to a community...... so that decisions to actually test particular tools, projects, etc. are put into effect and tests are made.... by use of a suite of meta-tools like |>*k/GRASS, the implications for testing are argumentatively laid out... de Moor, Keeler, Richmond ICCS02 paper process vector F u r t h e r P r o s p e c t s

46. F o r F u r t h e r R e a d i n g A. van Breemen, “Diagrammatic Signs, Electronic Media and Semiotics” http://www.teachtext.net/semiotiek/theorie/engelsdiagram/eoverall.html http://www.teachtext.net/semiotiek/theorie/engelsdiagram/eoverall.html A. de Moor, M. Keeler, & G. Richmond, “Towards a Pragmatic Web” in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2002, Borovets, Bulgaria, July 2002. K. A. Parker, The Continuity of Peirce’s Thought. Nashville & London: Vanderbilt University Press, 1998. C. S. Peirce, The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings, 2 vols. Ed. by The Peirce Edition Project. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. (See: item 20, “Trichotomic” in Vol. 1) P. Skagestad, “Peirce, Virtuality and Semiotic” http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Cogn/CognSkag.htm http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Cogn/CognSkag.htm A Thief of Peirce: The Letters of Kenneth Laine Ketner and Walker Percy. Ed. by Patrick Samway, S.J. University Press of Mississippi, 1995. Presentation conceived & written by Gary Richmond & produced in PowerPoint by Benjamin A. Udell Copyright ©2004 Gary Richmond

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