And this ... http://web.archive.org/web/20060207164551/http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2004-December/002202.html
[Inquiry] Re: Determination Jon Awbrey jawbrey at att.net Sat Dec 25 21:22:12 CST 2004 o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o DET. Note 6 o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o | Perhaps a more scientific pair of definitions would be | that anything is 'general' in so far as the principle of | the excluded middle does not apply to it and is 'vague' | in so far as the principle of contradiction does not | apply to it. | | Thus, although it is true that "Any proposition | you please, 'once you have determined its identity', | is either true or false"; yet 'so long as it remains | indeterminate and so without identity', it need neither | be true that any proposition you please is true, nor that | any proposition you please is false. | | So likewise, while it is false that "A proposition 'whose | identity I have determined' is both true and false", yet | until it is determinate, it may be true that a proposition | is true and that a proposition is false. | | C.S. Peirce, 'Collected Papers', CP 5.448 o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o inquiry e-lab: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o -- academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey my word press blog: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ isw: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/JLA oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache
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