Re: [xmca] Colpietro on Peirce

From: Phil Chappell (philchappell@mac.com)
Date: Sat Jan 14 2006 - 06:43:27 PST


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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