Charles, List, The list has indeed been quiet this October, although there were posts later in September than the 27th, as well as posts on Oct. 6, 10, and 20 at least. Over the decades of my being on Peirce-L I see that activity ebbs and flows and for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes this seems seasonal, such that summer sometimes sees less posting. However, this summer the forum was humming, so it's possible that we're experiencing the summer 'effect' in the fall.
Usually, though, frequent posters merely get busy in their personal and professional lives at the same time, this often being the case with academics and students. Sometime fewer posts arriving seem to be the consequence of a kind of posting 'fatigue'. Since the list received the post to which I'm responding, I'm assuming that you are still on Peirce-L and the 'problem' is merely the list becoming somewhat quiet for a time. Best, Gary *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *718 482-5690* On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:13 AM Charles Pyle <charlesp...@comcast.net> 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 <s...@bestweb.net> 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 > 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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