Re: Please Stop (was Re: [PEIRCE-L] Charity (was Categories and...)

2020-05-15 Thread joseph simpson
All: This is a very sad outcome. The tension between formal language (mathematics) and informal language can become quite strong and polarizing. It seems to me that a key challenge, for the list, is providing enough common context to create a common collection of semantic values. The vast array

Re: Please Stop (was Re: [PEIRCE-L] Charity (was Categories and...)

2020-05-15 Thread John F. Sowa
Gary R, As Mike said, please stop. GR>To be perfectly clear, in my estimation this horrible 'harangue' began about a year ago, shortly after John Sowa joined the list and began harassing Jon Alan Schmidt, not on any substance of any of his post, but on his methodology. Thank you for providing m

Re: Please Stop (was Re: [PEIRCE-L] Charity (was Categories and...)

2020-05-15 Thread John F. Sowa
Mike, MB> Please stop. Excellent advice.   I stated all the issues in my previous note, and I have no desire to continue. MB> Despite Gary R telling me offline to resign from the list, I will continue to monitor. I am curious to see if the human animal has the capacity to learn and g

Re: Please Stop (was Re: [PEIRCE-L] Charity (was Categories and...)

2020-05-14 Thread Gary Richmond
Mike, List, MB: To, specifically, John, JAS, Gary R, Edwina, GR: You have singled-out the most apposite list members, Mike. MB: Please stop. Does anyone think this continued harangue is either: 1) attracting new individuals to be interested in Peirce?; or 2) resolving anything? GR: a.Yes! pleas

Please Stop (was Re: [PEIRCE-L] Charity (was Categories and...)

2020-05-14 Thread Mike Bergman
To, specifically, John, JAS, Gary R, Edwina, Please stop. Does anyone think this continued harangue is either: 1) attracting new individuals to be interested in Peirce?; or 2) resolving anything? I wish I knew where there was a forum, as I first encountered years ago with this list, where I co