List: Part 4, subtitled "Beyond Engineering," is now online at http://www.structuremag.org/?p=11107. It discusses how *anyone *can use the logic of ingenuity to imagine possibilities, assess alternatives, and choose one of them to actualize. I have argued for years that just as science is perceived as an especially systematic way of *knowing*, likewise engineering could be conceived as an especially systematic way of *willing*; and if this is really the case, then the distinctive reasoning process of engineers *should* be paradigmatic for other kinds of decision-making, including ethical deliberation.
Regards, Jon On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 < > jonalanschm...@gmail.com> 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 < >> jonalanschm...@gmail.com> 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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