irce defines &quot;formal&quot;
as &quot;quasi-necessary&quot;, in such a way that the &quot;ought to do&quot; is incorporated within
the &quot;must be&quot; and the &quot;would be&quot;.  At any rate, it seems that there is still room
for logy of descriptive semiotics, within which we may psychologize to our hearts'
contents.  That is just my current guess, anyway.

ET: Howard, I think, is seeing an Object that is 're-presented' by
    a semiotic system as an Interpretant.  That's a straight linear
    mot