Gary F., List: I re-read Chiasson's paper last night, and can definitely see some similarities; most notably, the idea of nesting one cycle of abduction/deduction/induction within another. However, my impression is that she is still talking mainly about inquiry (gaining knowledge), rather than ingenuity (solving problems).
Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected] > wrote: > Gary F., List: > > I suppose that it is possible; I would have to go back and re-read her > paper, then give it some further thought. Inquiry vs. ingenuity is > probably more a difference in emphasis than anything terribly substantive. > > CSP: "Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle > to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter is a > calm and satisfactory state which we do not wish to avoid, or to change to > a belief in anything else." (CP 5.372) > > Peirce seems to be saying here that the *reason* why doubt is an > irritation is *because* it is "an uneasy and dissatisfied state," in > contrast to the "calm and satisfactory state" of belief. This suggests to > me that dissatisfaction is the more fundamental motivation, and > satisfaction is the more fundamental objective. We engage in inquiry > whenever we are dissatisfied with our current knowledge (or lack thereof); > my working hypothesis is that we engage in ingenuity whenever we are > dissatisfied with *any* aspect of the current situation. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jon, is it possible that your “logic of ingenuity” is Phyllis Chiasson’s >> “retroduction”? >> >> >> >> Gary f. >> >
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