Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: de Waal Seminar: Chapter 6, Philosophy of Science

2014-04-11 Thread Harold Orbach
Charles Morris was a performing magician in his youth -- Max Fisch brought this to my attention in 1983 when I was researching Morris's papers at the Peirce project. Morris has an elaborate album with his ad's and reports of his performances, etc. As his miserable editing of Mead's ms's show,

Fwd: [PEIRCE-L] RE: [Sadhu Sanga] Re: 'Why Biology is Beyond Physical Sciences?' – Published in Journal 'Advances in Life Sciences'

2016-02-16 Thread Harold Orbach
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[PEIRCE-L] Fwd: NPR.org - Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84

2016-02-20 Thread Harold Orbach
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "NPR" > Date: February 20, 2016 at 2:06:42 AM CST To: > Subject: NPR.org - Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84

Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: [Sadhu Sanga] How to judge what is pseudoscience?

2016-07-25 Thread Harold Orbach
Steven Jarosek confuses BF Skinner with JB Watson but also misrepresents Watson: Skinner did not use rats but pigeons and human subjects, his own children in his famous Skinner nox. Watson did his PhD with the white rat, but at Chicago used a large variety of animals for ethnographic

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

2016-09-14 Thread Harold Orbach
Pardon my intrusion into this unending mishmash: 1. Peirce's neglected argument is for the REALITY of God not the EXISTENCE of God. 2. Anselm's ontological argument for the EXISTENCE of God is not "pretty nearly the most famous argument in the history of philosophy," only in the history of

Fwd: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce's Theory of Thinking

2016-09-16 Thread Harold Orbach
My previous message, attached below, didn't get to the Peirce list but only apparently to Ben Novak and Jerry Rhee. The latest exchange, especially attacking Edwina for her personal beliefs about the EXISTENCE of God, i.e., the minority view of that small segment of the inhabitants of the 7th