Re: [peirce-l] Slow Read: "Is Peirce a Phenomenologist?" - Concept of category?

2011-07-22 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I can live with this if you can provide a concise definition of the distinctions between each, i.e., point to the distinctions that each of these authors made for the term. By your approach a further break down by author is required in "mathematica categories." I'm not saying the approach is b

Re: [peirce-l] Slow Read: "Is Peirce a Phenomenologist?" - Concept of category?

2011-07-22 Thread Stephen C. Rose
As a non-academic writer and editor I agree. One term cannot fit all. Best, S Stephen C. Rose *My Associated Content * On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jerry LR Chandler < jerry_lr_chand...@me.com> wrote: > List: > > The recen

Re: [peirce-l] Slow Read: "Is Peirce a Phenomenologist?" - Concept of category?

2011-07-22 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
List: The recent proposals on this listserv for distinguishing among the potential ostensive usages of the term "category" are, in my opinion, insufficient for the purposes of clear communication. The term "category" has ancient roots and is many philosophers since Aristotle (Kant, Hegel, Whit

Re: [peirce-l] Peirce's law ((P>Q)>P)>P

2011-07-22 Thread Irving
It's a simple exercise, using mathematical induction, that Peirce's Law is is independent under axioms (1) and (2) with the Rule of Detachment, but not under (1) and (3): (1) A --> (B --> A) (2) A --> (B --> C) --> ((A --> B) --> (A --> C)) (3) (~A --> ~B) --> (B --> A) Not certain how "non-