Comrades and friends,
I have been reading Vincent Colpietro's "Peirce's Approach to the Self".
This book is so interesting that I felt I must have it to consult after I
return it to the library, But it is out of print and the only copy on the
secondhand market costs US$150 plus postage. So, I have scanned in the
entire 150 pages. The file is 565k so those without broadband need not
apply, but if you'd like a copy, I will send it to you,
It is really only of value for those with an interest in the foundations of
psychology - Peirce lived over a century ago and was not a psychologist, but
for activity theorists the book is an amazing read.
Here is the table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter One. Is Peirce's Theory of Signs Truly General?
Chapter Two. Semiosis and Subjectivity
Chapter Three. The Relevance of Peirce's Semiotics to
Psychology
Chapter Four. Peirce's Account of the Self. A
Developmental Perspective
Chapter Five. Inwardness and Autonomy
For Peirce, "semiosis" is "sign-activity". Semiosis goes on everywhere, in
nature as well as with mind, though semiosis does not exhaust a thing which
also has "being." Everything is a sign, but later he decides that a "sign"
does not "represent", it "mediates"; interpretation really means "effect."
Thought is a species of semiosis, and man, a species of sign, is in thought,
not thought in man (excuse the 19th century sexist word). In my search for a
definition of subjectivity, this is a real find. I am fairly new to Peirce
and enjoying him greatly.
Andy
Andy Blunden, on behalf of the Victorian Peace Network, Phone (+61) 03-9380
9435
Alexander Surmava's Tour - September/October 2006
[1]http://ethicalpolitics.org[2]/alexander-surmava/index.htm
References
1. http://ethicalpolitics.org/alexander-surmava/index.htm
2. http://ethicalpolitics.org/alexander-surmava/index.htm
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