JAS, list And I continue to disagree with your interpretation. Peirce points out that “God’ is a vernacular word and like all such words, but more than almost any, is vague. 6.494…
Therefore - I don’t see how a vague word can also refer to a single individual .. And Peirce himself provides a definition of there meaning of ‘God' with “the analogue of a mind” 6.502. Edwina > On Sep 17, 2024, at 11:19 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jeff, List: > > Peirce identifies the difference in his first two sentences--"God" is "the > definable proper name," while all the other capitalized words are "used, not > as vernacular, but as terms defined" within the article itself. As we > discussed on the List a month ago, a proper name is a rhematic indexical > legisign that "denotes a single individual well known to exist by the utterer > and interpreter" (EP 2:307, c. 1901). By contrast, a term is a rhematic > symbol that is "connected with its Object by an association of general ideas" > (CP 2.261, EP 2:295, 1903). Hence, "God" as a proper name, although unique by > virtue of being definable, cannot be synonymous with "Mind" as a general > term, even if the latter is assigned a peculiar definition. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt> / twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > <http://twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 8:15 PM Jeffrey Brian Downard > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Jon S, List, >> >> >> >> For the sake of interpreting what Peirce is doing in the first section of “A >> Neglected Argument”, what types of definitions do you take him to be >> providing? For example, is Peirce providing nominal (i.e., verbal) >> definitions or real definitions? >> >> >> >> He puts the following words into quotes with a capital first letter: “God”, >> “Idea”, “Real”, “Experience”, “Argument”, “Argumentation”. Do these words >> require different kinds of definitions, or do they all admit of the same >> type? >> >> >> >> For my part, I think Peirce is explicitly pointing out that the words have >> different functions. As such, they appear to need different types of >> definitions. If that is right, then what is the difference between giving an >> adequate definition of the word “God” and giving an adequate definition of >> “Real” or “Argument”? >> >> >> >> --Jeff >> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ARISBE: THE PEIRCE GATEWAY is now at > https://cspeirce.com and, just as well, at > https://www.cspeirce.com . It'll take a while to repair / update all the > links! > ► PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . > ► To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message NOT to PEIRCE-L but to [email protected] > with UNSUBSCRIBE PEIRCE-L in the SUBJECT LINE of the message and nothing in > the body. More at https://list.iupui.edu/sympa/help/user-signoff.html . > ► PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; and > co-managed by him and Ben Udell.
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