Ben,
(I responded to your later message first.) I agree with a lot here.The idea that there are objective possibilities that are true, regardless of our knowledge, has beenarguably the central issue in discussions of philosophical realism for 2500 years. The idea of objective indeterminacy is a
Just now getting arond to addressing your question of several days ago, Jim: you formulate it towards the end of your message as follows:
JP: I don't see how a sign can represent without there being an observor role which is functionally distinct fromthe role of mere participant. So anyway that's
Jim,
[Jim Willgoose] Peirce says,
"Very many writers assert that everything is logically possible which
involves no contradiction. Let us call that sort of logical possibility,
essential, or formal, logical possibility. It is not the only logical
possibility; for in this sense, two
Thanks Ben,
Well,I guess the passage doesn't discuss modal propositions if you disallow rephrasing "this stove is possibly black" with 'It is possible that "this stove is black."'There is certainly a logic of possibility at work.Why aren' t these modal propositions?It is just that the
Jim,
[Jim Willgoose] (I responded to your later message first.) I agree with
a lot here.The idea that there are objective possibilities that are true,
regardless of our knowledge, has beenarguably the central issue in
discussions of philosophical realism for 2500 years. The idea of
Jim,
[Jim Willgoose] Well, I guess the passage doesn't discuss modal
propositions if you disallow rephrasing "this stove is possibly black" with 'It
is possible that "this stove is black."' There is certainly a logic of
possibility at work.Why aren' t these modal propositions?It is just
