Re: [xmca] Word Meaning and Concept

[Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>]

On Jun 16, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Tony Whitson wrote:

> It's the difference between semio-logy (the logic of signs),
> and psych-ology (the logic of the psyche), where "formal logic" is the logic of formal propositions, syllogisms, conceptual intensions and extensions, etc.

Tony, I think you're being a *little* harsh on psychologists (though we deserve blame for many things). But yes, I think the distinction is an important one. Can I suggest that in T&S, LSV was moving back and forth between the logic of consciousness and the logic of signs?

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