Volume 22, Issue 1/4, 2006
Floyd Merrell
Pages 3-26
Chewing Gum, Ambulating, and Signing, all at the Same Time
Or, The Magical Number Three
The nature of the Peircean sign is considered in light of a nonlinear, complemented, context dependent lattice, with particular focus on how the lattice: (1) reveals the function of distinctions between signs, (2) supports Peirce’s triadic notion of semiosis, (3) models the notion of signs incessantly becoming other signs, (4) takes its leave of classical logical principles, and (5) accounts for the emergence
of novelty — spontaneous, fresh, unique signs.