Jerry,

I've got to agree with Jon on this one.

Best,

Gary R



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On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Jerry Rhee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Thanks for making your objections clear!
>
> I must to say...I'm pretty proud of myself for my explication above.
> *pat*pat* (myself on my back).
>
> :)
>
> Best,
> Jerry Rhee
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jerry R., List:
>>
>> Thank you for laying this out so clearly.  I still have to disagree, for
>> several reasons.
>>
>>    - A and C are not terms (subject/predicate/middle), they are
>>    propositions.
>>    - Peirce uses the rule/case/result formulations for syllogisms in
>>    predicate logic; does he ever do so for propositional logic?
>>    - "A is C" is not logically equivalent to "if A then C"; likewise for
>>    the other "translations."
>>    - Surprise and suspicion are not terms of the argument itself, they
>>    are effects on a person--which is what seems to interest you about them.
>>    - Surprise and suspicion are not identical terms, which they would
>>    have to be in order to get (deductively) from "C is A" and "A is
>>    suspicious" to "C is surprising."
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA
>> Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman
>> www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Jerry Rhee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> My argument and accounts are the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CP 5.189 is a syllogism, that is, they share identity because:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Given B = surprise or suspect:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Conversion to deductive form of categorical syllogism (which requires
>>> three terms and distributed constraints):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Abductive form*
>>>
>>> The surprising fact, C, is observed;
>>> Result
>>>
>>> But if A were true, C would be a matter of course,                Rule
>>>
>>> Hence, there is reason to suspect that A is true'.
>>> Case
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Deductive form*
>>>
>>> But if A were true, C would be a matter of course,                 Rule
>>>
>>> Hence, there is reason to suspect that A is true'.
>>> Case
>>>
>>> The surprising fact, C, is observed;
>>> Result
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Substitution gives:*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A is C                                                      Rule
>>>
>>> B is A                                                      Case
>>>
>>> B is C                                                      Result
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject                      B
>>>
>>> Predicate                  C
>>>
>>> Middle                      A
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Major premise: A is C           Rule    if A were true, C  matter of
>>> course
>>>
>>> Minor premise: B is A          Case     Hence, there is reason to
>>> suspect that A is true.
>>>
>>> Conclusion: B is C                Result     The surprising fact, C, is
>>> observed;
>>>
>>> *Inversion gives:*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> C is A     Rule            A is C                            or
>>> *C is A*
>>>
>>> A is B     Case           Suspicious is A            or
>>> *A is suspicious*
>>>
>>> C is B     Result        Surprising is C              or
>>> *C is surprising*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject:                    C
>>>
>>> Predicate                  B
>>>
>>> Middle                      A
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Major premise: B is A         Case     Hence, there is reason to
>>> suspect that A is true'. Minor premise: A is C         Rule      But if
>>> A were true, C a matter of course.  Conclusion:        C is B        Result
>>>   The surprising fact, C, is observed;
>>>
>>
>
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