List, It would once again appear that Edwina and John expect everyone to have always and only the same interests as they do. Edwina, for example, characterizes anything else, notably, theorizing, as "an irrelevant exercise" undertaken only by people who "prefer the isolation and comfort of what [she calls] 'the seminar room'. . . far, far, far from the real empirical objective world." Well, that's her opinion. I, for one, do not share it.
As I have argued in the past, those of us who have other interests and points of view find this intolerance a downright offense to free inquiry. I consider the apparent conviction that, for example, all the relevant theories in Peirce's semeiotic are *settled* and that only practical applications are worthy of further investigation, narrow-minded and misguided in the extreme. As I recently remarked, it takes but a glance at the last several years of journal issues of *Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society *to see that semeiotic theory is not only alive and well, but is growing, evolving. There is, in the view of many, many Peirce scholars, much more theoretical work to be done. As I have said before and even all too recently, as list moderator I see this continued intolerance for the views of others on this list as amounting to little more than an attempt at seeking "to block the way of inquiry." In his comments on the 'General Character of the Forum', Joseph Ransdell, the founder of this forum, referred to the opposite of this narrow-mindedness as "generosity of attitude." https://arisbe.sitehost.iu.edu/PEIRCE-L/PEIRCE-L.HTM#forum-character I will remind Peirce-L members that I serve as moderator of this list solely at the pleasure of The Peirce Group which has always given me its full support for my moderation principles and practices. Is there really anyone in this forum who is prepared to argue again this principle of a "generosity of attitude" as just set forth? If so, I would be eager to read that argument. Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) "Time is not a renewable resource." gnox *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York*
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