Joe,
Thank you for the below post--which I've cut away all but
it's identification. I don't find entelechy of particular
interest, but I'm in awe of Peirce's conception of
communication and mediation. It's ready to bottle and label.
Bill Bailey
For the benefit of those who don't have a copy
Dear Ben, Gary R, Jerry--
Also in Vol 5 of the chronological edition (page 306 and 307) Peirce speaks
of chemical valency:
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Dear Folks--
I came across this definition of Entelechy among the words Peirce is reputed
to have defined for the Century Dictionay in 1886 (page 404 of Writings of
Charles S Peirce A Chronological Edition Volume 5 1884-1886) -- I was
looking for a definition of form.
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Dear Ben,
You wrote:
Yeah, I think that the idea is that Peirce was _already_ working on the
questions of classifying the elements when Mendeleev published
his.Periodic Table. Peirce might have already worked out some of the
picture, so it could have been contemporaneous with his work on
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