Peter, SA, Ron, Arlo I'm hoping Arlo was referring to the orginal pragmatist Charles Sanders Peirce, rather than Charles Pierce ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pierce
Ian On 2/27/08, Peter Corteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > Arlo posted the following some moons ago which I 'starred'. He said it was > taken from Charles Pierce writings: > > Deduction > Rule: All the beans in the bag were white > Case: These beans were in the bag > Result: These beans are white > > Induction > Case: These beans were in this bag > Result: These beans are white > Rule: All the beans in the bag were white > > Abduction > Rule: All the beans from this bag are white > Result: These beans are white > Case: These beans are from this bag > > You have to read it pretty carefully but I think they were Canellini beans > ;) > > Hope it helps. > > -Peter > On 22/02/2008, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ron: > > > Do you mean: > > > 1. Inductive reasoning, used in science and the > > > scientific method. > > > > > > SA: Yes. What do you think of this? In other words, > > what's your view of this. > > > > > > Ron: > > Inductive in most cases is presumptuous > > it does not exhibit the same > > Degree of certainty as the original statement. > > it involves reaching conclusions about unobserved > > things on the basis of what has been observed. > > We all do this here, even pirsig is guilty of it > > When he posits that value accounts for all reality. > > This is what I grapple with. It would seem > > That all philosophy is inductive to some extent. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ____________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
