Gary R,
The primary claim of this thread is that Peirce's 1911
version of EGs, which he sent in the letter L231 to Mr. Kehler (a member
of LadyWelby's significs group) is the one which he intended as a
definitive statement of EGs. For Peirce's text and some commentary, see
http://jfsowa.com/p
Jon Schmidt, John Sowa, Gary Fuhrman, Gary Richmond, Robert Marty, List,
Jon S asked for references to texts where Peirce employs the distinction
between principles and laws. Peirce's definition in the Century Dictionary of
the term "principle" is instructive on this point. See the 4th and 5th
Cf: Mathematical Method • Discussion 3
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/08/07/mathematical-method-discussion-3/
All,
Here's a revision, hopefully clearer, of a previous comment on
the Peirce List, part of a discussion stemming from John Sowa's
citation of an article by Carolyn Eisele.
Eisele,
Robert M, Gary F, List,
Before saying anything else, I'll remind
everybody of two points: (1) theorematic reasoning is a special case of
diagrammatic reasoning. (2) In Peirce's classification of the sciences,
there is a two-way flow of information: every science (including every
branch of philo
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 y