This email dated 9/27 is the last one I have received from the list. I wonder if I got delisted, or if things have slowed to a total stop, or what.
> On September 27, 2018 at 7:01 PM John F Sowa <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > On 9/27/2018 6:05 PM, Jerry LR Chandler wrote: > > > > it is not possible to fully respond to your beliefs about the > > relationships between Peircian realism, modern mathematics and > > science. Our disagreements are sharp and well defined. > > > > > My beliefs are based on Peirce and the overwhelming majority > of modern mathematicians and scientists. > > >> The scope of pure mathematics, as Peirce defined it, is infinitely > >> larger than whatever was or ever will be discovered, taught, or > >> applied by anyone anywhere. That includes all intelligent aliens > >> in any galaxy anywhere in the universe. > >> > > > > Wow! Wow! Wow! > > > > > That is pure Peirce and consistent with the mainstream of modern > > math. > Mathematicians are frequently inspired by what empirical scientists > discover, but they are not constrained in any way by observations. > > >> For more, Peirce's CP has 49 instances of "pure mathematics". > >> In CP 1.636, for example, he says that the goal of pure mathematics > >> is to discover pure possibilities: "that real potential world" of > >> which actual existence is "nothing but an arbitrary locus”: > > > > Really? ... Of course, if one ignores the methods mother nature > uses > > to count objects, you can ignore my objectification and objection. > > > > > Mother nature does not count anything. People invent > > representations, > which they apply, as appropriate, to what they observe in nature. > > >> The word 'variable', as used in mathematics, is a metalevel term > >> about the notation. It just means that letters like x, y, z may > >> be used to refer to different things on different occasions. If > >> you use x to refer to something, that does not imply that the > >> thing you designate by x would vary. > > > > > > Many mathematical texts disagree with this view > > > > > Please quote any text that seems to be inconsistent with what I > > said. > And I'd be happy to show how that statement correctly describes > what is meant. > > John > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > mailto:[email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to > PEIRCE-L but to [email protected] mailto:[email protected] 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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