JAS, List The point of a definition [ see 5.491] is that it explains the HABIT or the kind of action that results from the functioning of that word. So, I continue to interpret Peirce’s use of the word ‘analogue’ in ‘analogue of a mind’, to mean that that force we term ‘God’ functions as Mind.
I don’t see the point of further comments; I think we’ve both provided our interpretations of these texts and concepts - and if we differ - then, that’s the nature of analysis and inquiry. Edwina > On Sep 18, 2024, at 2:02 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > List: > > Again, according to Peirce, "God" is a unique proper name by virtue of being > definable--exactly one dynamical object, "that which would Really be in any > possible state of things whatever" (R 339:[295r], 1908), satisfies its > definition as Ens necessarium, "Really creator of all three Universes of > Experience" (CP 6.452, EP 2:434, 1908). That being the case, what does he > mean when he states that "'God' is a vernacular word and, like all such > words, but more than almost any, is vague"? He goes on to explain. > > CSP: No words are so well understood as vernacular words, in one way; yet > they are invariably vague; and of many of them it is true that, let the > logician do his best to substitute precise equivalents in their places, still > the vernacular words alone, for all their vagueness, answer the principal > purposes. This is emphatically the case with the very vague word "God," which > is not made less vague by saying that it imports "infinity," etc., since > those attributes are at least as vague. (CP 6.494, c. 1906) > > As I have been saying all along, for Peirce, any attribute that we ascribe to > God is likewise vague, figurative, loose, and/or analogous; which is why, > later in the same manuscript, he does not define "God" as "Mind" itself, but > as an "analogue of a mind--for it is impossible to say that any human > attribute is literally applicable" (CP 6.502). > > 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 Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM Edwina Taborsky <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> 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 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > 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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