Re: [peirce-l] A Question about Metaphysics and Logic

2012-03-04 Thread Catherine Legg
Dear Jason, I've published a paper which distinguishes between 'universals' as discussed in contemporary Australian metaphysics (most particularly in the work of D.M. Armstrong), and 'generals' as discussed by Peirce. Here is the abstract: "This paper contrasts the scholastic realists of David Ar

Re: [peirce-l] A Question about Metaphysics and Logic

2012-03-04 Thread Benjamin Udell
ustly be Inferred on such a ground alone. 2?. The whole; the system of the universe. To what end hod the angel been set to keep the entrance into Paradise after Adam's expulsion if the universal had been paradise? Raleigh, Hist World. Posterioristic and prioristic universals. See posteri

[peirce-l] A Question about Metaphysics and Logic

2012-03-04 Thread Khadimir
Greetings, I have a question for those knowledgeable and willing to answer a general question for those more steeping in classical metaphysics and logic than I. What are the distinctions between claiming the reality of universals vs. generals? How would one argue that universals are not merely m