List: Part 3, subtitled "Engineering Reasoning," is now online at http://www.structuremag.org/?p=10592. It discusses how engineers use the logic of ingenuity to simulate contingent events with necessary reasoning. This is my attempt to explain Peirce's whole notion of diagrammatic reasoning, using a variety of quotes from his writings.
Regards, Jon On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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