A less simplistic metaphysics: Peirce’s layered theory of meaning as a layered theory of being
This article builds on C. S. Peirce’s suggestive blueprint for an inclusive outlook that grants reality to his three categories. Moving away from the usual focus on (contentious) cosmological forces, I use a modal principle to partition various ontological layers: regular sign-action (like coded la...
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Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2015-12-01
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Series: | Sign Systems Studies |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15899 |