"Set theory is wrong" and nonsensical (PR §174), says Wittgenstein, because it presupposes a fictitious symbolism of infinite signs (PG 469) instead of an actual symbolism with finite signs.
In one dot she saw childhood imaginations taking shape, the whole that was the infinite universe, a sign of disease, and probably more.
It's strange, this wordless language we have, the passage of miniature Toblerone from vacation taker to non-vacation taker, this infinite contract we sign with our work colleagues to always bring them small duty-free snacks to them after having the temerity to take annual leave, this bizarre ritual we have.
It's strange, this wordless language we have, the passage of miniature Toblerone from holiday taker to non-holiday taker, this infinite contract we sign with our work colleagues to always bring them small duty-free snacks to them after having the temerity to take annual leave, this bizarre ritual we have.
From 1962 in The Open Work, one of his numerous treatises, he laid out his fundamental theory that as any work is composed of an infinite set of signs, it becomes an open work offering a multiplicity of possible interpretations.
As will be obvious, this leads to an infinite chain of signs.
One implication of the unending nature of the interpretation of appearances through infinite sequences of signs is that Peirce cannot be any type of epistemological foundationalist or believer in absolute or apodeictic knowledge.
Nearby Palm Beach -- the exclusive enclave of the super-rich -- has some beautiful beaches, many of which are difficult to access due to the island's seemingly infinite "no parking" signs.
According to de Lauretis, an important reason to turn to Peirce is precisely that his theory returns body and history to the subject of semiosis.[3] For Peirce, semiosis is an unlimited process, but that does not mean that it is an infinite regression of signs merely circulating back on themselves.
193), it seems clear that the infinite procession of thought-signs generated by earlier thought-signs and in turn generating further thought-signs is part and parcel of the denial of intuitions.
