Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

Ben, Gary, list, For an example of hypotheses that remain uncertain I want to mention hypotheses whose conclusions are not yet existing facts, but viabilities in the future. Like: "So this will work: .", like keynesianism in economics, or political decisions meant to solve certain problems.

Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

Dear list members, I am not sure if this helps: I think, to say: "All beans from the bag are white, these beans are white, so these beans are from the bag" is an abduction. But to say: "All beans from the bag are white, these beans are white, so it is possible that they are from the bag" is sort

Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

Jon, Gary, Edwina,..., list, I find it interesting, that Peirce later replaced "Quality, relation, representation" with "Quality, reaction, mediation". Might it be better to say "mediation is always thirdness" instead of "mediation is only thirdness"? "Only" I find confusing, because I think

Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

Jon, Jerry, list, is all this anything else than the ontologic argument for the existence of God by Anselm of Canterbury? Best, Helmut    05. September 2016 um 22:40 Uhr  "Jerry Rhee" wrote:   Jon, list:   Perhaps it is our conceit that we should only look for the