Gary, I'm 9 years older than you! So I have more excuses? 😉 Honorary Professor ; PhD Mathematics ; PhD Philosophy fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marty de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fran%C3%A7ois_Raymond_Marty <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fran%C3%A7ois_Raymond_Marty?fbclid=IwAR0N4S-t_avO38YlBYcj_-a2YYcsNvl6joIhTkajX0lMQhV8CXRQjQeXXxQ>
Le ven. 7 août 2020 à 17:00, <[email protected]> a écrit : > Robert, your apology is accepted, and I don’t blame you for defending > mathematics when you thought it was being disrespected by a > non-mathematician. We agree, I think, that *both* mathematics and > experience of the external world are essential to scientific reasoning, and > the semiotic explanation you posted of your lattice diagram makes good > sense to me. I hope I wasn’t too hard on you in that last post of mine. > Maybe I’m getting a bit cranky in my old age. > > > > Gary f. > > > > *From:* robert marty <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 6-Aug-20 18:39 > *To:* Gary Fuhrman <[email protected]>; Peirce-L <[email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Peirce's methodology > > > > Gary, I admit that I saw in your post an attempt to lower the role of > mathematics on the path of research in Peirce's semiotics. My apology is > that this has been an issue close to my heart for almost 40 years. So it > was a straw man argument as you say and I apologize for that. It was > therefore only for you to take advantage of John's quotation (I also > apologize to him for having involved him in this dubious fight) to remind > those who might have doubted it "that mathematics is not a positive > science". > I clumsily hoped that you would be led, on this occasion, to say something > positive about the role of mathematics - although it is not a positive > science, it is important to remember this - and especially about > mathematical objects that did not exist in Peirce's time and about which he > had a strong intuition. But it was a waste of time; only the beginning of > my posts caught your attention ... so I won't do it again and I'll stop > spreading terror with a humorous signature that you took perhaps a bit too > seriously. > There won't be blood on the walls! > > Best regards, > > Robert Marty > > Honorary Professor ; PhD Mathematics ; PhD Philosophy > > fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marty > > de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fran%C3%A7ois_Raymond_Marty > <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fran%C3%A7ois_Raymond_Marty?fbclid=IwAR0N4S-t_avO38YlBYcj_-a2YYcsNvl6joIhTkajX0lMQhV8CXRQjQeXXxQ> >
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