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    Challenges→Sign theory (speculative grammar) is more central to Peirce's account of inquiry than previously recognized.

    If sign theory's centrality to inquiry depends on its connection to Methodeutic, the argument proves only that Speculative Grammar is instrumentally useful, not architectonically foundational.

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    Architectonically foundational(what the statement says Speculative Grammar is NOT)
    Serving as a core structural principle that everything else is built upon, like a foundation supports a building.
    Instrumentally useful(how the statement describes Speculative Grammar)
    Helpful as a tool for achieving some practical goal, but not important for its own sake or as a fundamental building block.
    Methodeutic(Peirce's architectonic philosophy)
    One of the three branches of logic in Peirce's architectonic system; concerns the logic of scientific discovery.
    Sign theory(as a different area of philosophy contrasted with Critical Logic)
    The study of how signs (like words, images, or symbols) create meaning and communicate ideas to people.
    Speculative Grammar

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    (Peirce's architectonic philosophy)
    One of the three branches of logic in Peirce's architectonic system; corresponds to sign theory (semiotic).

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