[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-10-03 Thread Joseph Ransdell
probably won't write before tomorrow. Joe Ransdell [EMAIL PROTECTED]- Original Message From: Jeff Kasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Sunday, October 1, 2006 3:04:13 PMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Pei

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-10-02 Thread jwillgoose
Response to J Kasser (resend) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu Sent: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to? J Kasser says, "It's not easy to see h

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2006-10-01 Thread Jeff Kasser
copic sense. when in fact he was not. (I may be putting words in Jeff's mouth there but I think that is what he is getting at.) Well, that will have to do for this post. Sorry for being so long-winded on that. Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . - Original Message From: Bi

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-10-01 Thread Jeff Kasser
I think you're right, Gary, that Peirce doesn't really need to be saved from the circularity you (very astutely) pointed out in your earlier message. And I think that you make a good start of showing why he doesn't need saving. But I would add that Peirce is very concerned about avoiding

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Gary, Joe, et al. With circularity, I think you'll have to consider, what Peirce wrote of taking up the same premisses again and again in cyclical systems, e.g. cyclical algebra. That is not circulum vitiosum. The same premisses take on new meanings, with a new context, that's how I've

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread Stephen Springette
Coming out of hibernation this is one hell of an interesting thread, but I've not had time to put in my contribution because my time is consumed with various projects. So I'll put in my 0.02 cents worth now. What more compelling factor in fixation of belief is there than the mind-body

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread martin lefebvre
Title: [peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Pei Kristi, Yes indeed, I'm thinking of growth logically. This is why I don't think (at least am not convinced by any argument I've seen) that there is much to be gained by looking at the order of different methods of fixation chiefly

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread gnusystems
Joe, Kirsti, list, [[ Well, Gary, it looks like some fancy footwork with the term is rooted in might have to be resorted to if we are to save Peirce on this one! You've caught him with a flat contradiction there! ]] Personally i think the contradiction is more apparent than flat. As i said (and

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread Jacob Longshore
-l@lyris.ttu.edu Betreff: [peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to? Joe, Kirsti, list, [[ Well, Gary, it looks like some fancy footwork with the term is rooted in might have to be resorted to if we are to save Peirce on this one! You've caught him with a flat

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-26 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Bill, Joe, list, Well, the Pluto example is an intriguing one. BB: The experiential evolution in the conception of Pluto as a planet can be described as the new information that surprised even the scientists.  This scenario seems to me to fit pretty well Peirce's sketch of the way things

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
nce]. My words are in brackets Joe Ransdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Kirsti Määttänen [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:50:46 AM Subject: [peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psycholog

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2006-09-25 Thread Bill Bailey
science, or, as he also calls it,in How to Make Our Ideas Clear, the method of experience]."My words are in bracketsJoe Ransdell[EMAIL PROTECTED]- Original Message From: Kirsti Määttänen [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent:

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread Joseph Ransdell
; old address at cox.net now defunct) - Original Message From: Bill Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:46:14 AMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to? Kr

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2006-09-25 Thread martin lefebvre
of experience]. My words are in brackets Joe Ransdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Kirsti Määttänen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.edu Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:50:46 AM Subject: [peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread jwillgoose
Joe and list, It is difficult to tell exactly what those two psychological laws are from the text. (preceding the quote below) It is also difficult to frame them universally. Either we talk of all men at all times or some men at all times or all men at some time or another. I think we could

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread Joseph Ransdell
AIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:10:36 AMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?Bill, Kirsti, and list generally: Let's go back to a short MS from 1869-70 (available on-line, from

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread Joseph Ransdell
nal! Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] From Martin Lefebvre To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:40:01 AMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to? Joe, Kristi, list, At the risk of offering a post hoc, erg

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-24 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Joe Bill, Joe, I agree with Bill in that I do not see any reason why the order of the methods of tenacity and that of authority should be reversed. But that wasn't the impulse which caused me to start writing this response :). It was the two fundamental psychological laws on the title you gave,

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-24 Thread Joseph Ransdell
ROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:50:46 AMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?Joe Bill,Joe, I agree with Bill in that I do not see any reason why the order of the methods

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2006-09-23 Thread Bill Bailey
cing a fourth as well, which could be the first three considered AS ordered, I suppose. (But I am not arguing that.) What are the other possible kinds of dissonance reduction that Festinger identifies, by the way?Joe ----- Original Message From: Bill Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce

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2006-09-23 Thread Joseph Ransdell
D] . . - Original Message ----From: Bill Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Peirce Discussion Forum peirce-l@lyris.ttu.eduSent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 1:21:48 PMSubject: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to? Joe, thanks for your respo

[peirce-l] Re: What fundamenal psychological laws is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-22 Thread Bill Bailey
Joe, I don't understand why you think the order might be reversed. To resort to authority is essentially to cease thinking and to unquestioningly accept. There's no cognitive dissonanceavoidance necessary. But if we begin with trying to avoid dissonance, and society forces us to confront