List: Prompted by my own comment below, I re-read "On a New List of Categories" in its entirety and noticed something near the end that had not caught my eye before.
CSP: The premises may afford a likeness, index, or symbol of the conclusion. In deductive argument, the conclusion is represented by the premises as by a general sign under which it is contained. In hypotheses, something *like* the conclusion is proved, that is, the premises form a likeness of the conclusion ... That it is different with induction another example will show ... Hence the premises are an index of the conclusion. (CP 1.559, EP 1.9; 1868) In thinking about it further, I also realized that the middle term of the corresponding syllogism--what the two premises have in common--is a quality (white) for abduction, a particular (these beans) for induction, and a general (the beans in this bag) for deduction. These observations are both consistent with associating abduction, induction, and deduction with Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness, respectively. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Jerry R., List: > > JR: *Is CP 5.189 his lanterna pedibus, the light to guide our > researches? * > > JR: Should we adopt it more consciously at the outset for discussion of > dark questions, despite its characterization as heuristic: > > JR: “This is an *imperfect view* of the application which the > conceptions which, according to our analysis, are the most fundamental ones > find in the sphere of logic. It is believed, however, that it is sufficient > to show that at least something may be usefully suggested by considering > this science in this *light*.” ~Peirce > > The connection suggested here seems tenuous at best. Peirce wrote the > quoted text in 1868, as the conclusion of "On a New List of Categories"--35 > years *before* presenting CP 5.189 in the last 1903 Harvard lecture. >
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