of their very constitution.

HC: I find the related arguments very slippery.  Certainly I am no fan of reductionism,
    but it seems the the presuppositions involved in the proofs offered of the reduction
    or non-reduction of &quot;genuine&quot; triadic relations (Correct me if I am wrong, but I think
    Peirce uses the term &quot;genuine&quot; triadic relations, so that there is some distinction
    between genuinely triadic relations and those which may just appear to be so, and
    are open to some 