The purpose of this paper is to synthesize a conception of inquiry from the insights of Paul Feyerabend and C.S.Peirce.Here,I contend that Peirce's account of inquiry is overly narrow.More poignantly,I show how Peirce...
In the field of philosophy of technology,the concept of mediation is central to understanding how technology shapes human experience and behavior.Our aim in this paper is to contribute to the understanding of technolo...
Peirce's final statements on the sign were consigned in various ways over a hundred years ago as a form of logic,a branch of the science of enquiry based upon observation.This means inevitably that some parts of the t...
This work was financially supported by the National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China(No.51974018);the Guangxi Innovation-Driven Development Project(No.AA18242042-1);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.FRF-TP-19-016A3).
Peirce-Smith copper converting involves complex multiphase flow and mixing.In this work,the flow zone distribution and mixing time in a Peirce-Smith copper converter were investigated in a 1:5 scaled cold model.Flow f...
The critical analysis examines the concept of value in C.S.Peirce’s philosophical writings,distinguishing between value as(1)worth,(2)meaning,(3)significance,(4)semiotic value,(5)in the mathematical sense,(6)money va...
The French discourse model of human communication is largely an engagement of the problematic concept of enlightenment as a product of the ability to reason by thinking.The engagement as speaking and writing becomes t...
Based on previous published work on(Mandarin)Chinese,and following a discussion of the properties of the Peircean ontological Categories Firstness,Secondness,and Thirdness(as well as their"degenerate"or derivative ver...
The paper examines a particular aspect of the way semiosis models complex anthroposemiotic activity as exemplified by the "persuasion path" implicit in any source or origin of intentional influence in human communicat...
The notion that language is a system of signs is explored in the context of Mandarin Chinese.We use the Peircean Sign,derived from the Peircean ontological categories Firstness,Secondness,and Thirdness,as an interpret...
American semiotics derives much of its success with applied communication because it is grounded in Peircian logic and rhetoric theory.Peirce believes human communication is a semiotic relation that we commonly name"c...