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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marc Champagne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2015-12-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15899