Here is one page: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Doctrine_Of_Individuals
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > On Jan 7, 2017, at 6:54 PM, Jon Awbrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jon, > > Away from home now but if you search the InterSciWiki site for “Doctrine of > Individuals” I think there is a collection of excerpts and comments. > > Regards, > > Jon > > http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > >> On Jan 7, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> List: >> >> I have been reading up on Peirce's version of scholastic realism and his >> opposition to various forms of nominalism. He seems to have consistently >> preferred the term "general" to "universal" (e.g., CP 2.367); has anyone >> ever tried to figure out why? In a new book, Peirce's Empiricism: Its >> Roots and Its Originality, Aaron Bruce Wilson suggests that "it might be >> that he thinks 'general' is a better translation of Aristotle's katholou," >> or because "laws are the type of generals his realism emphasizes the most," >> and "propositions expressing such laws are not universal propositions ... >> but are general propositions which can admit of exceptions" (p. 51). >> >> On the flip side, "universal" is usually contrasted with "particular," while >> "general" is opposed to "singular." All of these identify types of >> propositions--singular when the subject is determinate, general when it is >> indeterminate; and the latter further divided into universal (all) and >> particular (some). Finally, Peirce described continuity as a higher type of >> generality, and contrasted it with individuality; specifically, individuals >> are actualized from a continuum of potentiality. >> >> Any further insights on these terminological distinctions would be >> appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA >> Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman >> www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt
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