Jerry, Actually, I read that passage and it is from CP 5.423, 1905, and a disparaging reference to 'German and their American followers' asleep doing armchair metaphysics, rather than scientific metaphysics, as an inquiry guided by the scientific spirit of reasoning and experience.
Your CP 5.189 is on abduction, a wonderful subject by itself. Run your prompt again. Atila On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM Jerry Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was messing around with ChatGPT and when I asked if it were familiar > with CP 5.189, it responded with this: > > *"The opinion that metaphysics is to be largely cleared up by the > application of the theory of signs is, I believe, correct. But I do not > think, as the Germans and their American followers seem to do, that > metaphysics is to be settled off-hand by drawing a few definitions and then > 'going to sleep.' Metaphysical questions are questions which the mind > naturally asks, and which it is stimulated to ask by the very development > of reasoning."* > > > Now, as far as products of AI systems go, I think this is a very important > contribution, especially in light of the fact that we all know what the > traditional meaning of 'sleep' is in philosophy. > I mean, what are we, *stupid*? > > In any case, recognizing that the quote is not quoted correctly, the > statement still sounds very much like what Peirce would say. > May I request a scholar on this list to provide an actual reference or > something resembling it from his published/manuscript material, please? > > Thank you kindly. > Best, > jerry r > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ► PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . > ► <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=SIG%20peirce-l";>UNSUBSCRIBE > FROM PEIRCE-L</a> . But, if your subscribed email account is not your > default email account, then go to > https://list.iu.edu/sympa/signoff/peirce-l . > ► PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; and > co-managed by him and Ben Udell.
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