To which I'd add, the idea of less basic sciences borrowing principles
from more basic sciences goes back before Benjamin Peirce (Charles
ascribes it to Comte, though I suspect that in some form it goes back
much further). The idea that mathematics is the most basic science goes
back before Benjamin and at least to Comte. While Charles was obviously
influenced by his father's reliance on geometry, Charles'
_/distinction/_ between theorematic and corollarial, and his elaboration
of it, owe much to his reflections on Kant's distinction between the
synthetic a priori and the analytic.
Best, Ben
On 4/19/2015 5:33 PM, Franklin Ransom wrote:
Steven, list,
Steven, if I tried to do that, I might as well start with the Ancient
philosophers and mathematicians and move my way up; and I don't see
you trying to champion the cause of Euclid. In any case, my post is
not a published work in scholarship; it's an attempt to discuss the
work. In the work itself, credit is given where it should be. My aim
was to discuss the ideas, which are partly Benjamin's, partly
Charles's, and partly Frederik's. Since it is assumed that
participants have read, or are reading, the book, and there is quite a
lot going on in the chapter, I aimed to grasp what is most essential
and (re)present it.
But I appreciate your point about Benjamin's contributions, along with
Euclid's. If Benjamin's take on these ideas is of some further
relevance for the subject of the chapter, please continue and
communicate the relevance for diagrammatic experimentation.
-- Franklin
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
No mention of Benjamin is made in your original post and it reads
as if all from Charles, giving new readers especially a false idea
concerning his contributions. When his individual contribution
should be positioned in the community of scholars.
This is why the discussion is relevant.
Regards,
Steven
--
Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California.
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