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And from your post - I conclude that not merely 'absolute precision'
is impossible, but by that notion, absolute truth is impossible since
'continuous variation subsists'. ..which means - no final Truth.
Therefore - the agenda of some to find the ultimate or final truth
of the meaning of Peirce's work which will then stand as The Final
Word On Peirce - is not possible. Such ultimate finality seems to me
to occur only within mathematics, pure logic or the natural laws of
physics and chemistry - and even these realms must be open to
questions. Other explorations in 'what is reality' - which includes
the complex semiosis of Peirce within his examination of the triad
and the categories are subject to that fact that 'absolute precision
is impossible'.
This doesn't mean relativism; it doesn't mean nominalism; it means
instead that our 'intellectual conceptions' must be offered as open
interpretations by one person, open to questions and different views
and not defined as 'the truth'.
Edwina
On Wed 01/08/18 5:33 PM , John F Sowa [email protected] sent:
On 8/1/2018 4:47 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote:
> each interpreting Quasi-mind is always in a different state
> of Experiential Information from any other--including the same
> Quasi-mind at a different time.
Yes. And following is a related quotation by Peirce:
> The vague might be defined as that to which the principle of
> contradiction does not apply... But wherever degree or any
> other possibility of continuous variation subsists, absolute
> precision is impossible. Much else must be vague, because no
> man’s interpretation of words is based on exactly the same
> experience as any other man’s. Even in our most intellectual
> conceptions, the more we strive to be precise, the more
> unattainable precision seems. It should never be forgotten
> that our own thinking is carried on as a dialogue, and though
> mostly in a lesser degree, is subject to almost every imperfection
> of language. (CP 5:505-506)
John
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