Abstract
Peirce's ten trichotomies are presented as an elaboration of semeiosis, that is, a sign producing an interpretant. This elaboration details how a sign can produce a metaphor, a hypothesis or a decision.
After describing the ten trichotomies, the essay shows through detailed illustrations how the ten trichotomies enable us to understand the nuances of the sign's addressing tension within the experienced object. Depending on whether the experience is of the unfamiliar, the unexpected or the unacceptable (choice), the resultant interpretants are shown to vary as metaphor, hypothesis or decision.
About the author
Ru Michael Sabre (b. 1942) is a social theorist 〈Ru.Sabre@gmail.com〉. His research interests include Charles S. Peirce's semiotic and forums. His publications include his Penn State doctoral dissertation “The Small Community as a Boundary-maintaining System” (1979), “Extending the antilogism” (1987); “An alternative logical framework for dialectical reasoning in the social and policy sciences” (1991); and Corporate planning and LAN: Information systems as forums (1993).
©[2012] by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
