John, List: > On Jan 23, 2019, at 2:42 PM, John F Sowa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Basic principle: I hope that we can make Peirce's ideas more widely > known and used in the 21st c. Unusual words that Peirce rarely used > himself are not likely to attract new readers. I believe that it's > not useful to revive those words for any purpose other than making > a scholarly comment about a particular MS in which they occur. > > John
> Basic principle: ??? Or policy objective underlying your writings? Frankly, it is pleasing to read your contributions here because of your openness. > Unusual words that Peirce rarely used > himself are not likely to attract new readers. But, new words can convey new meanings and new concepts. I believe that language must change as we uncover new and profound truths obscured by ancient historical meanings. Yet, at the same time, I have a very deep respect for the role of ancient roots is generating coherence of meaning among various disciplines. I do not feel that these two assertions conflict with one - another, but rather represent the reality of both stability and change in the emergences of human communications. Consequently, CSP introduction of better terms lie at the heart of his originality and should be studied very very carefully from the perspective of historical roots, relations and very importantly, illations. Indeed, the symbolic languages of the natural sciences and mathematics are being formed by introducing fresh symbols and terms that change the coverage of one tiny portion of the vast totality of the lexical field. Just my interpretations of the emergence of language within the wider field of natural history /logic. Cheers Jerry
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