Jon A.S.,
Science as a discipline of engineering? That’s too much of a stretch for me. Engineering, as I understand it, always involves some technology, some manipulation of the physical world for some conscious purpose other than discovery of its nature. The conception or selection of that purpose, of the end to which the engineering project is the means, is the job of the normative sciences, which are themselves only part of science in the Peircean sense. It would be like claiming that mathematics is a discipline of physics. Only more so. :) Gary f. From: Jon Alan Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 17-May-16 21:27 To: Gary Richmond <[email protected]> Cc: Peirce-L <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: 6 vectors and 3 inference patterns Gary R., List: GR: As to the most recent discussion of abduction as it might relate not only to science but to the arts, Jon, Gary F, and I have momentarily at least moved the discussion rather far from logic as semeiotic, even into an entirely different branch of science, applied science, and perhaps even beyond that to how the findings of science might relate to the fine arts. Engineering is not explicitly mentioned here, but I get a little agitated by the common characterization of it as "applied science." In fact, my draft concluding article on "The Logic of Ingenuity" suggests--somewhat provocatively--that it might be more accurate to describe science as a discipline of engineering. This stems from what I said earlier, prompted by Peirce's words in "The Fixation of Belief"--dissatisfaction and satisfaction are even more fundamental than doubt and belief as the motivation and goal of not just inquiry, but human endeavors of any kind. In other words, although I started out thinking of ingenuity as an adaptation of inquiry, I now wonder if perhaps it is really the other way around. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt <http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt> - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt <http://twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt>
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