John Sowa wrote:

JFS: Jon's method  of focusing on the words is a kind of literary criticism
that would be more appropriate for analyzing Shakespeare than Peirce.


I found this comment as useless and, frankly, as absurd as this earlier one
of yours in this thread.

JFS: As for Jon's comments about earlier versions, any quotations prior to
June 1911 are irrelevant.


Please do not recommence these preposterous -- in their gross generality --
or ad hominem attacks that were so disruptive last year and, indeed, part
of the year before. Please stick to discussing substantive content. We have
really had more than enough of this on the List for a lifetime.

Best,

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*







On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 6:35 PM John F. Sowa <[email protected]> wrote:

> Auke,
>
> I agree with your observation, and the conclusion: "It is a line of
> thought I can see leading to what Jon wrote."
>
> Charles' father Benjamin Peirce gave him a thorough training in
> mathematics from early childhood, and Charles devoured Whateley's logic
> book in a week when he was 13.  He insisted that metaphysics should be
> based on mathematics, not on Hegel-style verbiage.
>
> Jon's method  of focusing on the words is a kind of literary criticism
> that would be more appropriate for analyzing Shakespeare than Peirce.
>
> John
>
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