Re: [PEIRCE-L] Inquiry involving 'potential populations', was, PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

2016-10-02 Thread Jerry Rhee
Ben, list: You said: *it's pretty hopeless to confine one's attention to such things. Part of Arnold's point seems to be that we can't so confine our attention, since social institutions themselves already are social inquiry processes.* Nietzsche said: *Essential to begin with the body and

Aw: [PEIRCE-L] Inquiry involving 'potential populations', was, PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

2016-10-02 Thread Helmut Raulien
Gary, list, what I am confused about, is, that on one hand Shepperson says, that statistics are not helpful, but on the other hand he sticks with the term "...numerable". Might it not be better, to first inquire about the nature of humans, how humans have reacted in certain situations in

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Inquiry involving 'potential populations', was, PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

2016-10-02 Thread Benjamin Udell
Gary R., Jon S., John C., list, Consideration of potential populations (abnumerable collections) involving "would-be's" might inform sociology, anthropology, etc., by focusing attention on aspects of their subject matter that are real yet difficult to draw inductive conclusions about. I've