[PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:6998] Re: Natural Propositions

2014-09-27 Thread Howard Pattee
At 11:09 AM 9/25/2014, Frederik wrote: So, like Peirce, I hesitate to make consciousness part of the definition of thought, also because we have as yet no means to ascertain which animal thoughts are accompanied by consciousness. HP: The distinction between unconscious and conscious thought

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:6834] Re: Natural Propositions, Chapter 2

2014-09-27 Thread Clark Goble
On Sep 26, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Benjamin Udell bud...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Clark, list, I've also noticed a difficulty of finding usefulness for the formal cause in physics, though I came at it from other directions, simpler ones for me since I'm not a physicist, but also I'd like to add

Re: [PEIRCE-L] [biosemiotics:6834] Re: Natural Propositions, Chapter 2

2014-09-27 Thread Benjamin Udell
Clark, list, Responses interleaved. On 9/27/2014 7:41 PM, Clark Goble wrote: On Sep 26, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Benjamin Udell wrote:/p Clark, list, I've also noticed a difficulty of finding usefulness for the formal cause in physics, though I came at it from other directions, simpler ones

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:6912] Re: Natural Propositions,

2014-09-27 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
Stephen: You simply state: Beauty and truth are teleological terms I wonder why. Cheers Jerry On Sep 26, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Stephen C. Rose wrote: Beauty and truth are teleological terms and valuable as objectives that continuity heads toward and fallibility clouds. @stephencrose On