Semiosis (p. I-II)

C. S. Pierce

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• semiosis
• meaning
• consciousness
• feelings

[Shadowxxxhome]

*Peirce (pronounced same as purse)

[gerontodon]

@0ThouArtThat0

Vitalism?

[cosmanthony21]

haha : )

[0ThouArtThat0]

I don't know, what is it?

[cosmanthony21]

So thats it?

[0ThouArtThat0]

Infinity is precisely that holarchic relation between all beings. The "whole which is a part of a larger whole" idea seems to go all the way up and all the way down. The Godhead is in a sense the groundless ground of everything. Infinity can't be said to have 'parts,' as no amount of parts could add up to infinity. It is one of those things that cannot be conceived of not because it doesn't exist but because rationality cannot comprehend it.

[cosmanthony21]

Ok, so we cannot conceive of the totality of the universe, even assume a totality because that implies a finite quantity. So, we can't then concieve of ourselves as we are part of infinity?? This is confusing.. Ken Wilbers idea of a Holon comes to mind, spiral dynamics.

[0ThouArtThat0]

That'd be like biting your own teeth, as Watts says.

[cosmanthony21]

So if there were an ultimate being, us as finite ones could never conceive of it?

[0ThouArtThat0]

There is a theology that goes along with a science of process, which posits both a transcendental (unknowable) Godhead (Being) who involves itself giving rise to our created world of becoming, which then evolves until it reaches Godhead once again. neat story : )