John, List: JFS: I keep copies of most of the messages I send, but delete most of the ones I receive. So I can't list all the occurrences.
As I have pointed out before, the List archives ( https://list.iupui.edu/sympa/arc/peirce-l) are always available online to anyone. JFS: But following are two (of many) that illustrate the point: The specific allegation was that I "claim that [my] theory is a harmonization of what Peirce intended." Neither of your examples includes any such claim. The first one says that *my *purpose is to attempt to harmonize different passages from Peirce's writings in accordance with *my *systematizing and regularizing tendencies. The second one talks about harmonizing *my *recent line of thinking with *my *earlier one. In both cases (and in general), I clearly acknowledge that the synthesis is *mine*, and I have never stated or implied that it is anything that *Peirce *intended. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 2:05 PM John F Sowa <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon and Edwina, > > JAS > > JFS: My *only* complaint is about the word 'harmonize' and the claim > > that your theory is a harmonization of what Peirce intended ... If > > you called your theory Peircean, I would have no quarrel. But if > > you call it Peirce's or claim that it is what Peirce intended, I > > can't let it stand. > > > > JAS: I keep asking, and you keep failing to answer--when and where > > have I ever made such a claim? > > I keep copies of most of the messages I send, but delete most of the > ones I receive. So I can't list all the occurrences. But following > are two (of many) that illustrate the point: > > JAS > > 5/11/2019, 10:14 PM > > My purpose (as usual) is to interpret Peirce by attempting > > to harmonize each passage that I encounter with his corpus > > taken as a whole, in accordance with my systematizing and > > regularizing tendencies. > > > > 8/2/2018, 4:44 PM > > Eventually I will be going back to see whether and how I > > can harmonize this recent line of thinking with my earlier > > one that focused on Form/Matter/Entelechy. > > The phrase "(as usual)" confirms my impression that these lengthy > threads are not about the matter at hand, but about a preconceived > vision of Peirce's corpus. > > The second quotation indicates that JAS has several "lines of > thinking", which he can "go back to" and "harmonize" with new > lines that may come up in a discussion. > > By itself, having a personal vision of some topic is not bad. > But in any lengthy thread with JAS, I get the impression that > the implicit topic is some preconceived harmony lurking in the > back of his head. > > JAS > > Why the double standard? [about Edwina's "analytic framework"] > > ET > > There is absolutely nothing in my outline that can't be found in Peirce. > > I sympathize with ET on this point. But I'd like to see any such > outline, diagram, text, or harmonization posted online. It should > be possible to cite the URL rather than some email note from months > or even years ago. > > ET > > What is needed, in my view, is to move one's use of Peirce beyond > > academic discussions of his specific terminology and text - and see > > how his actual analysis applies to the real world and how it can > > explain the functional operations of this real world. > > I very strongly agree. My major frustration with Peirce's writings > is the limited number of examples. The few examples he stated -- > the word 'the' as an example of a token -- have been quoted and > requoted far too much. We desperately need many, many more examples. > > And those examples should be posted online. Is it possible to get > a web page that is dedicated Peirce-L contributions that are more > substantial than a typical email note? They don't have to be > polished for publication, and the authors should have the option > of updating them as their ideas develop. > > John >
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