Jon, Peirce devoted his life to developing mathematical-logical methods for making all the sciences, including philosophy, as clear and precise as possible. JAS> This post ... consists mostly of Peirce's words, with a few of mine interspersed, but I hope that the arrangement enables it all to make sense. I have never seen any paraphrase of Peirce's words that was clearer or more precise than his own. The only way to make words more precise is to use the method he developed and presented to the world: logic. And he showed how to use logic by applying it to numerous examples. If you don't want to use logical notations, you can use specific examples that show how Peirce's words (or yours) are applied in practice. Without examples or logical notation, piling up words upon words upon words creates more confusion than it can ever clarify. John
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