Steven, List, I think you are making an interesting and important point here in terms of contemporary terminology, so I want to look into it further. I remember considering that aspect of your work to be found at the site you just linked to a while back and at Joe's urging, but I want to do so again in light of my growing interest in, especially, biosemiotics. While I concur that Peirce would have certainly agreed that the position that "our understanding of the physical world is complete in all important respects" is unscientific, he strove with all his might to overcome the Cartesian dualism which he saw evident in most of the science of his day. So, I'll try to be more current in my usage of "reductionism" in the future. Best, Gary Gary Richmond Philosophy and Critical Thinking Communication Studies LaGuardia College of the City University of New York ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 718 482-5700
>>> Steven Ericsson-Zenith <[email protected]> 8/16/2011 3:39 PM >>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Gary Richmond wrote: > Reductionism in science doesn't, of course, allow for any such thing. I followed you and if I understand you correctly agree until this point. Although commonly misinterpreted by a 20th Century bias, "Reductionism" does not actually refer to reduction to "materialism," the view that our understanding of the physical world is complete in all important respects. As Penrose has pointed out repeatedly over the past two decades and more, it clearly is not. Further, such a point of view is not scientific. I think that Peirce would have agreed. Logical reductionism can be rescued if this is made clear. I elaborate on this point in my work at: http://senses.info With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://senses.info --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
