Six Ways of Looking At A Sign Relation
In the context of 3-adic relations in general, Peirce provides the following illustration of the six converses of a 3-adic relation, that is, the six differently ordered ways of stating what is logically the same 3-adic relation:
- So in a triadic fact, say, the example
| A gives B to C |
- we make no distinction in the ordinary logic of relations between the subject nominative, the direct object, and the indirect object. We say that the proposition has three logical subjects. We regard it as a mere affair of English grammar that there are six ways of expressing this:
| A gives B to C | A benefits C with B |
| B enriches C at expense of A | C receives B from A |
| C thanks A for B | B leaves A for C |
- These six sentences express one and the same indivisible phenomenon. (C.S. Peirce, "The Categories Defended", MS 308 (1903), EP 2, 170-171).
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