List: I meant to post this back around the first of the month, and then kept forgetting to do so. Part 2, subtitled "Engineering Analysis," is now online at http://www.structuremag.org/?p=10490. It discusses how engineers use the logic of ingenuity to solve real problems by analyzing fictitious ones. It mostly consists of quotes from and comments on CP 3.559, which is part of Peirce's 1898 article in *Educational Review*, "The Logic of Mathematics in Relation to Education" ( http://www.pragmaticism.net/works/csp_ms/P00653.pdf). It is the passage that opened up to me this whole understanding of engineering thinking, when I first encountered it in the volume edited by Matthew E. Moore, *Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Writings*.
Regards, Jon On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > List: > > In an effort to apply Peirce's thought to my profession of engineering, as > well as introduce it to my fellow practitioners, I have written a four-part > series of articles under this heading for *STRUCTURE* magazine. Part 1, > subtitled "Engineering Design," appears in the September issue and is also > posted online. > > http://www.STRUCTUREmag.org/?p=10373 > > In summary, I am defining "the logic of ingenuity" as the process of > (abductively) creating a diagrammatic representation of a problem and its > proposed solution, and then (deductively) working out the necessary > consequences, such that this serves as an adequate substitute for > (inductively) evaluating the actual situation. This first installment > discusses how engineers use it to design particular artifacts for specific > purposes, and connects it with many of my previous writings for the same > publication. > > Any and all feedback is welcome! > > Thanks, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt >
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