Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-10 Thread U Pascal
Edwina I subscribe to the contemporary definitions of terms used by cultural anthropologists. Clan: a group that claims unilineal descent from the same ancestor, though the actual genealogical path to that ancestor need not be specified/specifiable. The ancestor often is thought of as a

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-10 Thread Edwina Taborsky
: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism Edwina I subscribe to the contemporary definitions of terms used by cultural anthropologists. Clan: a group that claims unilineal descent from the same ancestor, though the actual genealogical path to that ancestor need not be specified

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-10 Thread Stephen C. Rose
to do with Peircean pragmatics or indeed, any philosophical theory of pragmatics. Edwina - Original Message - *From:* U Pascal upas...@gmail.com *Cc:* Peirce List 1 peirce-l@list.iupui.edu *Sent:* Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:28 PM *Subject:* Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-09 Thread Edwina Taborsky
, June 09, 2014 8:00 AM Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism Yes, thankfully few of them saved me from total despair. Jon http://inquiryintoinquiry.com On Jun 9, 2014, at 1:05 AM, Phyllis Chiasson ath...@olympus.net wrote: Did you read the comments following the piece

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-09 Thread Stephen C. Rose
Message - From: Jon Awbrey jawb...@att.net To: Phyllis Chiasson ath...@olympus.net Cc: peirce-l@list iupui. edu peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 8:00 AM Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism Yes, thankfully few of them saved me from total despair

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-09 Thread Edwina Taborsky
- Original Message - From: Jon Awbrey jawb...@att.net To: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 10:30 AM Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism If we must re-import our pragmatism from overseas these days, I think that Finland might supply a higher quality re

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-09 Thread U Pascal
as pragmatism. Edwina - Original Message - From: Jon Awbrey jawb...@att.net To: Phyllis Chiasson ath...@olympus.net Cc: peirce-l@list iupui. edu peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 8:00 AM Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism Yes, thankfully

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism

2014-06-09 Thread Edwina Taborsky
Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: NYTimes : From China, With Pragmatism I agree this article had a rather poor take on pragmatism but guanxi networks are not pure tribalism. Clans are kinship groups, tied together by blood marriage. Tribes are a form of clans not germane to Chinese social structure