The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants
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Resumo: | The essay explores how C. S. Peirce, especially in his mature thought, addressed the question of meaning. It underscores how he not only took meaning to be at bottom a function of our habits but also how he conceived these habits themselves to be functions of the histories in which they originate and operate. Hence, what I propose here is this: One of the most fruitful ways to interpret Peirce’s own contribution to this question is to see his efforts as carrying forward the impetus intensified by Hegel and Darwin’s emphasis on temporality and historicity. In Part One of this paper (“The Question of Meaning”), I suggest how Peirce approaches the question of meaning primarily in reference to what I call the drama of self-correction. Moreover, his approach is explicitly related to his pragmatism, semeiotic (or general theory of signs), and phenomenological doctrine of categories. Finally, the historical development of his own reflections on this question is taken to provide a basis for an historicist interpretation of his mature position. In Part Two (“The Routes of Significance”), I propose that the metaphor of a route provides a corrective to the excessively formal and indeed formalistic interpretations of Peirce’s theory of signs still dominating the discussion of this theory. Routes are understood here not as antecedently fixed paths, but as historically emergent and alterable trajectories defined by the movements of travelers. In conjunction with this emphasis I explore several distinct senses in which both beliefs and signs are what agents go on. Such reflections are articulated for the purpose of facilitating a deeper understand of not only what Peirce meant by meaning but also what we might mean by this elusive term. |
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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of InterpretantsOs Caminhos do Significado: Reflexões sobre a Teoria dos Interpretantes de PeirceMeaningSignInterpretantHistoryhistoricitityPragmatismpragmaticismEvolutionismIntuitionSelf-correctionfallibilismcorrigibilismSignificadoSignoInterpretanteHistóriahistoricidadePragmatismopragmaticismoEvolucionismoIntuiçãoAutocorreçãofalibilismocorrigibilismoThe essay explores how C. S. Peirce, especially in his mature thought, addressed the question of meaning. It underscores how he not only took meaning to be at bottom a function of our habits but also how he conceived these habits themselves to be functions of the histories in which they originate and operate. Hence, what I propose here is this: One of the most fruitful ways to interpret Peirce’s own contribution to this question is to see his efforts as carrying forward the impetus intensified by Hegel and Darwin’s emphasis on temporality and historicity. In Part One of this paper (“The Question of Meaning”), I suggest how Peirce approaches the question of meaning primarily in reference to what I call the drama of self-correction. Moreover, his approach is explicitly related to his pragmatism, semeiotic (or general theory of signs), and phenomenological doctrine of categories. Finally, the historical development of his own reflections on this question is taken to provide a basis for an historicist interpretation of his mature position. In Part Two (“The Routes of Significance”), I propose that the metaphor of a route provides a corrective to the excessively formal and indeed formalistic interpretations of Peirce’s theory of signs still dominating the discussion of this theory. Routes are understood here not as antecedently fixed paths, but as historically emergent and alterable trajectories defined by the movements of travelers. In conjunction with this emphasis I explore several distinct senses in which both beliefs and signs are what agents go on. Such reflections are articulated for the purpose of facilitating a deeper understand of not only what Peirce meant by meaning but also what we might mean by this elusive term.O ensaio explora como C. S. Peirce, particularmente em seu pensamento maduro, abordou a questão do significado. Ressalta como ele não apenas tomou significado como, basicamente, uma função de nossos hábitos, mas também como ele concebeu esses próprios hábitos como funções das histórias nas quais se originam e operam. Assim, o que proponho aqui é o seguinte: Uma das formas mais fecundas de interpretar a própria contribuição de Peirce a essa questão é ver seus esforços como levando adiante o ímpeto intensificado pela ênfase dada por Hegel e Darwin à temporalidade e à historicidade.Na Primeira Parte deste trabalho (“A Questão do Significado”), sugiro como Peirce aborda a questão do significado principalmente em referência ao que eu chamo de drama da autocorreção. Ademais, sua abordagem está explicitamente relacionada ao seu pragmatismo, a sua semiótica (ou teoria geral dos signos) e sua doutrina fenomenológica das categorias. Finalmente, o desenvolvimento histórico das suas reflexões sobre essa questão é considerado como base para uma interpretação historicista de sua posição madura. Na Segunda Parte (“Os Caminhos do Significado”), proponho que a metáfora de um caminho proporciona uma correção às interpretações excessivamente formais, e, até mesmo, formalísticas, da teoria dos signos de Peirce que ainda dominam a discussão dessa teoria. Os caminhos devem ser entendidos aqui não como rotas pré-fixadas, e sim como trajetórias historicamente emergentes e alteráveis, definidas pelos movimentos dos viajantes. Juntamente com a ênfase, exploro alguns sentidos distintos, nos quais tanto as crenças como os signos são aquilo em que os agentes se fundamentam. Essas reflexões são articuladas com a finalidade de facilitar um entendimento mais profundo não só do que Peirce quis dizer com significado, mas também o que nós queremos dizer com esse termo indefinido.Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo2013-01-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/13206Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2004); 11-27Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; v. 5 n. 1 (2004); 11-272316-52781518-7187reponame:Cognitio (São Paulo. 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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants Os Caminhos do Significado: Reflexões sobre a Teoria dos Interpretantes de Peirce |
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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants |
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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants Colapietro, Vincent Meaning Sign Interpretant History historicitity Pragmatism pragmaticism Evolutionism Intuition Self-correction fallibilism corrigibilism Significado Signo Interpretante História historicidade Pragmatismo pragmaticismo Evolucionismo Intuição Autocorreção falibilismo corrigibilismo |
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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants |
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The Routes of Significance: Reflections on Peirce’s Theory of Interpretants |
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Colapietro, Vincent |
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Meaning Sign Interpretant History historicitity Pragmatism pragmaticism Evolutionism Intuition Self-correction fallibilism corrigibilism Significado Signo Interpretante História historicidade Pragmatismo pragmaticismo Evolucionismo Intuição Autocorreção falibilismo corrigibilismo |
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Meaning Sign Interpretant History historicitity Pragmatism pragmaticism Evolutionism Intuition Self-correction fallibilism corrigibilism Significado Signo Interpretante História historicidade Pragmatismo pragmaticismo Evolucionismo Intuição Autocorreção falibilismo corrigibilismo |
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The essay explores how C. S. Peirce, especially in his mature thought, addressed the question of meaning. It underscores how he not only took meaning to be at bottom a function of our habits but also how he conceived these habits themselves to be functions of the histories in which they originate and operate. Hence, what I propose here is this: One of the most fruitful ways to interpret Peirce’s own contribution to this question is to see his efforts as carrying forward the impetus intensified by Hegel and Darwin’s emphasis on temporality and historicity. In Part One of this paper (“The Question of Meaning”), I suggest how Peirce approaches the question of meaning primarily in reference to what I call the drama of self-correction. Moreover, his approach is explicitly related to his pragmatism, semeiotic (or general theory of signs), and phenomenological doctrine of categories. Finally, the historical development of his own reflections on this question is taken to provide a basis for an historicist interpretation of his mature position. In Part Two (“The Routes of Significance”), I propose that the metaphor of a route provides a corrective to the excessively formal and indeed formalistic interpretations of Peirce’s theory of signs still dominating the discussion of this theory. Routes are understood here not as antecedently fixed paths, but as historically emergent and alterable trajectories defined by the movements of travelers. In conjunction with this emphasis I explore several distinct senses in which both beliefs and signs are what agents go on. Such reflections are articulated for the purpose of facilitating a deeper understand of not only what Peirce meant by meaning but also what we might mean by this elusive term. |
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