Re: [PEIRCE-L] Diagrams in mathematics, phaneroscopy, and language (was Modeling

2021-08-28 Thread robert marty
John, List Thank you for these enriching additions, which show the crucial importance of diagrams in the discovery sciences. In this respect, I wonder about the status of diagrams as practiced in Category Theory, well known for its practice of "diagram chasing," which also diagrammatizes the

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Diagrams in mathematics, phaneroscopy, and language (was Modeling

2021-08-27 Thread John F. Sowa
Edwina, Gary F, List, ET:  Thank you for this excellent post...  I'd like to note that I think a key problem with the arguments over 'where does mathematics or phaneroscopy fit into this process' is the old issue of the differentiation of Mind and Matter and their relations. ET: I feel that

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Diagrams in mathematics, phaneroscopy, and language (was Modeling

2021-08-27 Thread gnox
John, I am puzzled as to why you bother to repeat all this, since it's all been said before and nobody has questioned any of it. The only question I have is why you insert "phaneroscopy" in your new subject line, as there is nothing in the entire post about "phenomenology/phaneroscopy in

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Diagrams in mathematics, phaneroscopy, and language (was Modeling

2021-08-27 Thread Edwina Taborsky
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }John, List Thank you for this excellent post. I think it clarifies the process of 'How We Understand Our World'. I'd like to note that I think a key problem with the arguments over 'where does

[PEIRCE-L] Diagrams in mathematics, phaneroscopy, and language (was Modeling

2021-08-26 Thread John F. Sowa
Robert M, Gary F, Gary R, Jon AS, List, I changed the subject line to emphasize the role of diagrams in Peirce's thought in general and in phenomenology/phaneroscopy in particular.  I cited some of these quotations in previous notes, and I copied others from a note by Robert.  All of them are