Dear Andy,
I am a lurker on XMCA but learn something everyday from the wonderful
exchanges. I, too, would very much like a copy of the Peirce book.
Robert Faux, PhD
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
--On Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:52 PM -0500 Leroy Clarke
<lcclarke@rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> I would be very interested in reading Pierce's view of the self, could
> I have a copy? regards,
> Leroy
>
> Elina Lampert-Shepel <ens7@columbia.edu> wrote:
> Hi, Andy,
>
> Jacques Carpey was always referring to Pierce in the context of
> sign-mediation. I would appreciate the copy.
> Thanks,
> Elina
>
> Quoting Phil Chappell
> :
>
>> I would appreciate a copy and thank you for your efforts, Andy.
>>
>> Phil
>> On 14/01/2006, at 7:18 PM, Andy Blunden wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > 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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> Graduate School of Education
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> I have on my table a violin string. It is free. I twist one end of
> it and it responds. It is free. But it is not free to do what a
> violin string is supposed to do - to produce music. So I take it,
> fix it in my violin and tighten it until it is taut. Only then it
> is free to be a violin string.
> Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
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