John, List ... It’s good to remember that observation, perception itself, has an abductive character in Peirce’s analysis and induction for him is more a final testing than initial conception stage. Yes, it’s wheels upon wheels but some steps are logically more primitive in the recursion.
Regards, Jon http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > On Oct 24, 2017, at 8:11 AM, John F Sowa <[email protected]> wrote: > > I received an offline message that asked where learning occurs > in the cycle of observation, induction, abduction, revision, > deduction, and action. > > Answer: at every turn of every cycle. > > John > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > >> But your cycle implies that one person just keeps going around it, >> re-enforcing what he already assumed (finding confirmation). > > No. There is learning at every turn of every cycle. > >> Where is the depiction of learning? > > In the pot of knowledge soup! It contains everything in memory, > conscious or unconscious. Every new observation, induction, > abduction, revision, and deduction goes into the pot. > > Every time induction makes a generalization or strengthens > a habit, the new version goes into the kn. soup. > > Every time abduction forms a new hypothesis, it is added > as a revision or extension to the previous knowledge. > > Every time deduction generates a prediction, it is tested > by action, and the result (success or failure) adjusts > the contents of the kn. soup. > > Peirce rarely talked about memory and revision, because it's > so obvious. He did it all the time. His vast writings and > revisions testify to its importance. As I said, everything > in that cycle is explicitly or implicitly derived from his > writings. His MSS are a partial record of what he was learning > throughout his life. > > John
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