Gary, Clark, list:
You said: “The old joke of 90% of any philosophical argument consists of coming to agreement over the semantics of terms is all too often true.” To think this problem is 90% semantics when talking in context of a philosopher who invented semiosis, which goes beyond terminology, is aiming too low. The problem of *adopting* a preamble is even greater. “A different new method of settling opinions must be *adopted*, that shall not only produce an impulse to believe, but shall also decide what proposition it is which is to be believed. “ The ancestry of pragmatism is respectable enough; but the more *conscious adoption* of it as *lanterna pedibus* in the discussion of dark questions, and the elaboration of it into a method in aid of philosophic inquiry… …that is because in that they discern mere will-o'-the-wisp gleams and no *lanterna pedibus*, no light to guide their researches.” “One should show such men what philosophy is in all its extent; what their range of studies is by which it is approached, and how much labour it involves... For it does not admit of exposition like other branches of knowledge.. Yet this much I know-that if the things were written or put into words, it would be done best by me, and that, if they were written badly, I should be the person most pained. Again, if they had appeared to me to admit adequately of writing and exposition, what task in life could I have performed nobler than this, to write what is of great service to mankind and to bring the nature of things into the light for all to see?” “The genuis of a man's logical method should be loved and reverenced as his bride, *whom he has chosen* from all the world. He need not contemn the others; on the contrary, he may honor them deeply, and in doing so he only honors her the more. But she is the *one that he has chosen*, and he knows that he was right in making that choice. And having made it, he will work and fight for her, and will not complain that there are blows to take, hoping that there may be as many and as hard to give, and will strive to be the the worthy knight and champion of her from the blaze of whose splendors he draws his inspiration and his courage.” “*Let us acknowledge**, **then**, that **we have a preamble*.” Best, Jerry Rhee On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:21 PM, CLARK GOBLE <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2016, at 4:08 PM, Gary Richmond <[email protected] > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Clark wrote: The old joke of 90% of any philosophical argument consists of > coming to agreement over the semantics of terms is all too often true. > > And in a logically narrow sense, this is what Peirce suggests is the > purpose and value of the Pragmatic Maxim. > > > Yes. It’s interesting that while Peirce intended the maxim to apply in > more normal senses of verification akin to what one finds in the hard > sciences in many ways when applied to subjective properties it anticipates > the later Wittgenstein quite well. Since in practice such more muddled > terms are tied to people who judge if the use is correct. That’s how we’d > verify their use. > > I know some have tried to put an opposition between Peirce’s form of the > maxim and his realism, but I think understanding the relationship between > communities of inquirers, Wittgenstein like judges, and metaphysical > properties avoids those criticisms. Metaphysics can’t be measured the way > hardness is but it can be seen in the community of inquirers who are > affected by the universe’s structures. > > > > > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > [email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to [email protected] with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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