RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 2

2015-02-04 Thread Jim Willgoose
Thanks Jon. I made a diagram to picture an (1) arbitrary x A returning o and (2) an arbitrary x a returning 00. (fn. 16 refers to P's Boole article 1870 and calls this latter 1.) I realize you have much more complex numbers and calculations in mind. But the idea of an arbitrary next

RE: [PEIRCE-L] A question about the triadic relation of Sign

2015-01-30 Thread Jim Willgoose
Janos, list I can see a large bowl of soup with many ingredients determining a continuous range of qualities and flavors, some of which overlap and legislate the subsequent flavors for an interpretant which moves to stir the bowl a bit or inhale through the nostrils, recognizing that the

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 2

2015-02-06 Thread Jim Willgoose
, respectively. It is only for infinite sums and products that we need a theory of limits. In the language of lattices and partial orders, individuals and simples would be called atoms and co-atoms, respectively, if I recall correctly. Regards, Jon On 2/4/2015 3:33 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 2

2015-02-07 Thread Jim Willgoose
. It is only for infinite sums and products that we need a theory of limits. In the language of lattices and partial orders, individuals and simples would be called atoms and co-atoms, respectively, if I recall correctly. Regards, Jon On 2/4/2015 3:33 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [biosemiotics:7869] Re: Natural Propositions: Chapter 8

2015-01-15 Thread Jim Willgoose
Gary, Can you combine elements of both heuristic efficiency and strong iconicity through parenthesis and dotted lines? v(F.) The parenthesis place a limitation on the thought of the operation. The dotted line suggests the identity of the operation throughout that

RE: Contradictories, contraries, etc. WAS Re: [PEIRCE-L] Natural Propositions : Chapter 8 - On the philosophical nature of semiosis?

2015-01-17 Thread Jim Willgoose
Curious. The formula S is P or S is not P do not seem to carry enough information to decide the question. On the other hand, if John lacks reference, the statements John is blue and John is not blue are consistent. (trivial empty) Further, one may tempted to treat these as Universals; (or

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Animated Logical Graphs

2015-01-14 Thread Jim Willgoose
... Jon Jim Willgoose wrote: Interesting stuff. There is some debate about what exactly you are showing. I take it to be the use of Brown's Laws of Form represented by edges and nodes. One of the links exhibits the generation and resolution of branches and roots as you

RE: Contradictories, contraries, etc. WAS Re: [PEIRCE-L] Natural Propositions : Chapter 8 - On the philosophical nature of semiosis?

2015-01-20 Thread Jim Willgoose
. So, if said man x doesn't commit suicide or isn't said man y, then x doesn't fail in business. Best, Ben On 1/18/2015 2:05 AM, Jim Willgoose wrote: Hello Ben. Not all of these examples seem to fit

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 2

2015-02-11 Thread Jim Willgoose
Hello Jon, list. I assembled (from paper and tape) the first 3 rows and columns from W:4 (P.195) into a pyramid with a square base. I believe the object is a product of a triple by the power of dual relatives. (9) I can imagine turning it into a cone with a circular base and so forth. I

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 6

2015-02-17 Thread Jim Willgoose
jon, list I changed my mind. The simple is the negative of the individual. This is the last line of section 1. I took the sign ~a as 0 on the grounds that the product of negated individuals would be 0 if a is the logical sum of individuals. I then assumed you could introduce something

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 3

2015-02-12 Thread Jim Willgoose
Thanks Jon. I put integers to each of the nine dual relatives in the first three columns and rows. (in Bold print) I then rotated the block left 90 degrees three times. Crease the diagonals 357 753, tack down the 4 corners , and pull the apex straight up into a pyramid. Voila!

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 6

2015-02-16 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jon, list m i j1,1 / A1 / + 1/ A2 / i j 1,2 / A2/ + 1/A3 / i j 1,3 /A3 / + 1.etc. Our old friend a and her denotation..:)  Jim W Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:00:06 -0500 From: jawb...@att.net To: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: [PEIRCE-L]

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Triadic Relations

2015-01-31 Thread Jim Willgoose
John, I liked your poem. Your list of locked-in descriptors could probably be added to, and then examined in the light of the mutual endangerment of the religious authorities by the community of investigators. I believe in the open-ended use of the basic definition of sign without too

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Triadic Relations

2015-01-31 Thread Jim Willgoose
Yes! Walking into Mordor with sets of triples. And what is that 'like?' Jim W Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:54:26 -0500 From: jawb...@att.net To: jimwillgo...@msn.com; peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Triadic Relations Re: Jim Willgoose At: http

RE: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Triadic Relations

2015-02-01 Thread Jim Willgoose
, Jim Willgoose wrote: Not Frank = Not Frank Frank never felt he had a body Not Frank No big toe or little finger Hand or foot Not Frank Who never felt he had an arm Or a leg And a thought of his body? Not an image of his toe

RE: [PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 2

2015-02-09 Thread Jim Willgoose
On 2/4/2015 3:33 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: Thanks Jon. I made a diagram to picture an (1) arbitrary x A returning o and (2) an arbitrary x / a /returning 00. (fn. 16 refers to P's Boole article 1870 and calls this latter 1.) I realize you have much more complex numbers and calculations

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4

2015-02-14 Thread Jim Willgoose
Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4 Re: Jim Willgoose At: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15677 Jim, List, These are some of the reasons that I prefer elementary relative to individual relative and absolute

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4

2015-02-13 Thread Jim Willgoose
detail in the 1870 Logic of Relatives. See the following article, where I added much in the way of illustrative examples: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/Peirce%27s_1870_Logic_Of_Relatives Regards, Jon On 2/13/2015 5:15 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: Jon, Jerry, list

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4

2015-02-15 Thread Jim Willgoose
%27s_1870_Logic_Of_Relatives Regards, Jon On 2/14/2015 3:40 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: Jon,list Here is a picture of the idea of non-relative term generality. (Boole class) Jim W Inquiry Blog http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/01/30/peirces-1880-algebra-of-logic-chapter-3-%E2%80

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 8

2015-03-17 Thread Jim Willgoose
to the equation. Regards, Jon On 3/13/2015 10:37 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: Jon, list I am still working on this passage at end of sec. 3 (W:4 p. 198) I + J + K = 1 + L + M but does not imply (I + J + K)l = (1 + L + M) l The left side suitably

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 7

2015-03-09 Thread Jim Willgoose
/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15790 On 3/7/2015 12:31 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: I am somewhat curious about how setting k=3 or k=4 might effect the so-called reduction thesis. I don't believe the number of converses has any bearing on reducibility. Whether relations of a given adicity are reducible

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 7

2015-03-10 Thread Jim Willgoose
/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15787 JW:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15788 JA:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15789 JW:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15790 On 3/7/2015 12:31 PM, Jim Willgoose wrote: I am somewhat

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 7

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jon, list I think the transposition number can be explained and generalized. You don't want the number of permutations or the number of relations since this counts all the identity elements. Take !2 for n elements such that !(n x 2)/n. single = 0 double= 4/2=2 triple= 15/3 = 5 quadruple=

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 7

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jon,list On another quick note. I think there are advantages to the Cartesian U x U over the Boolean U since you can draw individuals from the Universe to build relational classes that aren't already stuck in classes or under predicates. With Boole, philosophically, there are no 'bare' or

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Chemical Logic

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Willgoose
{More about the Colon red herring issue later is you wish.} On Feb 28, 2015, at 12:22 AM, Jim Willgoose wrote:Thanks Jerry,list. I feel fortunate that a chemist would take the time to explain some of these matters. I understand your point about the conventions of standards and notation. I

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Contradictories, contraries, etc

2015-02-27 Thread Jim Willgoose
Hey Ben, In one configuration, if the wife remains indefinite for long, she could turn into any woman. Thus, neither the former Mrs Peirce from the Cambridge area or the current Juliet would be particularly suicidal if Charles fails in a New York business deal. Rather, any woman would now

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Contradictories, contraries, etc

2015-03-05 Thread Jim Willgoose
finding any meaningful conteIi appears to me that by augmenting the physical-chemical concept with an undefined base (plane?), coherence is lost. Have fun! Cheers jerry On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:30 AM, Jim Willgoose wrote:Hi Jerry. There is no great entelechy driving my interests other than curiosity

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce’s 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4

2015-02-24 Thread Jim Willgoose
Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 4 Re: Jim Willgoose At: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15677 Jim, List, These are some of the reasons that I prefer elementary relative to individual relative and absolute, monadic, or non-relative to term of singular

[PEIRCE-L] RE: Peirce's 1880 “Algebra Of Logic” Chapter 3 • Selection 6

2015-02-21 Thread Jim Willgoose
of nominal thinking. But I know I've reviewed and we've discussed this many times before, so I'm thinking I might save a few quanta of mental effort by going back and looking up some of the previous visitations. May take a while to collect the links ... Jon On 2/17/2015 11:05 PM, Jim

[PEIRCE-L] Chemical Logic

2015-02-26 Thread Jim Willgoose
List, Are there any thoughts on the best way to express a restriction on decomposition? There has been some suggestion that logic lacks the resources to prevent elimination/weakening or an otherwise taking apart of what has been put together. In fact, what has been put together could be

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Mathematical Demonstration the Doctrine of Individuals

2015-02-26 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jon, Good to see you back. I found myself in 1880 inside of a monad with all its windows closed. Astonishingly, I then discovered all the windows had been welded shut and I was indiced negative tracing infinitely low-bound zero. I was looking fast for odd powers to bore in that I might

[PEIRCE-L] Re: Chemical Logic

2015-02-26 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jerry, list Ok. You are the chemist. However, this may be a little unfair to logic, in so far as I didn't even add a quantifier to allow for diversity of yea and nay if need be. I used the designator this to suggest a single simple case. It seems that many of the stated nominal

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Survey of Relation Theory • 1

2015-06-19 Thread Jim Willgoose
Hello Jon, list (puzzle below for experts) I got blown well downwind into conjugacy classes with the 1880 AOL ch. 3. At the time, I was trying to make sense of the continuity of ch.3 with the previous chapters and also the forward historical development of relation logic. I was struck by

RE: [PEIRCE-L] A metaphysical omission of the trichotomy: ens a se and ens ab alio

2015-08-05 Thread Jim Willgoose
quality; and if such thing or things exist, the collection is a single thing whose existence consists in the existence of all those very things.According to this definition, a collection is an ens rationis. [—] A collection has essence and may have existence. On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Jim

RE: [PEIRCE-L] A metaphysical omission of the trichotomy: ens a se and ens ab alio

2015-08-03 Thread Jim Willgoose
Jerry, There is a suggestion that Suarez holds that with finite being you cannot really separate their being (existence) and essence. However, the ens a se would not be metaphysically necessary! Thus, an atom, as you suggest, might possess its 'being-in/from-itself' but fail to do so

RE: [PEIRCE-L] Element Order and the Grammar of the Second Amendment

2015-10-03 Thread Jim Willgoose
Michael, The subordination of the term right to militia has been there for some time. I have understood it this way without any analysis of 18th century linguistics. It has also been legally noted and used, for instance, during the bootlegging era where the presence of guns used membership in