I got this email, so I must be on the list. > On October 24, 2018 at 9:13 AM Charles Pyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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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