Kirsti, list, Thanks Kirsti for reminding us that in most cases it is probably best not to, say, reply to All but only to Peirce-L. The way my email is set up, even if I am Cc'd I only get the Peirce-L post, but I can imagine how irksome it must be to get 200 Peirce-L posts in a little over a week *plus* additional copies.
What I do in responding is to click "Reply" and then omit the name of the sender and replace it with "Peirce-L.," a quick and easy solution. Again, I'd like to remind folk that it is also helpful to delete all but the message you are responding to. I don't always remember to do this myself, but posters not doing so results in my often needing to scroll down a great distance to get to the next message as the entire thread is copied in that message. In short, and as I wrote in an off-list exchange with a forum member today ". . . the list, while not a community (rather a forum, a place) still requires a consideration of *all* who gather here." Best, Gary (writing as list moderator) [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690>* On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 1:44 PM, <kirst...@saunalahti.fi> wrote: > List, > > I too second Gary Richmonds note. I'd like to add that multiple postings > seem to be adjunct to this problem. > People send to personal mailboxes in addtion to the list. > > If just that gets left out, the mass of mails would not look so awfull, so > hopeless. > > Best, Kirsti > > > > Ia mail is sent to the list, > > > Jon Awbrey kirjoitti 12.2.2018 16:40: > >> Peircers, >> >> I also have to unsubscribe periodically, as I don't have time >> even to scan for relevance, and many postings recently appear >> to move ever so agonizingly and asymptotically toward first >> principles without quite grasping them, much less applying >> them to non-trivial problems in any field beyond various >> folks' hermeneutically sealed bubbles -- but I digress -- >> At any rate, one thing I find helpful, since I usually >> read posts first at the Web Interface, is to toggle >> the No Mail subscriber option on, allowing me to >> re-send only selected posts to my email inbox >> for archiving or reply. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon >> >> On 2/12/2018 9:01 AM, Everett, Daniel wrote: >> >>> Deletion is always a possibility. So is unsubscribing. There are >>> occasionally (rarely though) useful bits in these disputations about >>> meaning. As I have tried to point out, they strike me as both unPeircean >>> (no practical consequences, no problem solved) and not particularly >>> well-connected to the vast literature on lexical meanings or cognizant of >>> the kind of “essentialist disputes” that bothers many philosophers. >>> >>> I do look through them all, however. The reason is that I am a novice to >>> Peircean studies and am writing a book (Oxford U P) on the consequences of >>> his epistemology for modern linguistics (which has been deeply Cartesian in >>> the main for decades). So when more experienced Peirce scholars discuss his >>> terms, it can be educational. >>> >>> I think that the suggestion of taking a few deep breaths before >>> responding and perhaps responding once a day instead of several times >>> would/could lead to better responses of more benefit to others. >>> >>> To delete the messages would require me to know in advance that there is >>> nothing in them that I want to know. So I look through them and then delete >>> them if I am going to. Time-consuming. >>> >>> At the same time, let a hundred flowers bloom. If folks want to keep >>> shooting out their messages this frequently, so be it. But many of us will >>> be more likely to read them if they come less frequently. If these are just >>> personal quibbles, though, perhaps they don’t need to be on the list. If >>> they are felt worthy for the entire list, frequency reduction would be >>> useful. But if not, I won’t say another word on the subject. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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