[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-01 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ity to realize it for himself. In brief I think Peirce is revisiting the basic points of his semiotic doctrine of the time, in order to see what he could further make of it, but without ordering nor explaining it, that is to say without making any kind of argument in the proper sense. Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Correction

2006-02-01 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Folks, I'm sorry I forgot to delete the part below my signature from the mail I just sent. Kirsti Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-01 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
"unmixed" than "mere". - But who am I to say? Not being a native speaker. Does this have any relevance to what you had in mind, Bernard? I apologize for lagging behind in the discussion. There are several mails I have not read yet, But if I don't respond right away, leav

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
s of quotes, I was still tending to affirm it. Though not giving any grounds for it at this point. Best, Kirsti Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
l think it over with better time. Welcome from lurking to discussions! Best wishes Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.2.2006 kello 16:39, Jason Charnesky kirjoitti: Kirsti, Bernard   On the matter of Icons, mere icons, pure icons, and so on,.. 31.1.2006 kello 20:13, Bernard Morand kirj

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
u back in the thick of the discussion again, Kirsti! Thank, you, Arnold! Very kind of you. Best Kirsti Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ssion list set up for the special purpose of a controlled discussion of that paper.   It is a rather arduous method. Still, I've found it really helpful in attempts to keep an open mind and prevent one's former self, i.e. one's former ideas and interpretations from blinding one's

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
has certainly written on this. My ideas of Peirce's rationale for this logical arrangement are all too vague and speculative. Any quotes? Or something? Best Kirsti Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 1) "A scholium is a comment upon the logical structure of the

[peirce-l] Re: NEW ELEMENTS: So what is it all about?

2006-02-04 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
tatement presupposes an analysis and interpretation of the whole text. *Is something so-and-so or is it not?* is a type of question one needs a lot of information to attain a good answer. It's most probable that I'll lag behind with mails in the future, even more than up to now. Sorry f

[peirce-l] Re: Peirce and Prigogine

2006-04-18 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Dear Gary, I was quite delighted in reading what you wrote: The second law, as i understand it, says that any actual use of energy degrades it, i.e. reduces its quality or usefulness. In the jargon of thermodynamics, any reduction of an energy gradient produces entropy. This means that in a give

[peirce-l] Re: Entelechy

2006-05-07 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ality hath everlastingly been identical with its concealment and its concealment identical with its revelation. [The Bab]{ gnusystems }{ Pam Jackson & Gary Fuhrman }{ Manitoulin Island, Canada }{ [EMAIL PROTECTED] }{ http://users.vianet.ca/gnox/ }{ --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] RE: Entelechy

2006-05-07 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ever would be an end, the absolute perfection of knowledge, that would mean an end, which would be in contradiction with life and living. Life and living IS striving - with some kind of an end. Never the last possible. Welcome to the list! Best, Kirsti Määttänen 6.5.2006 kello 18:01, Neal

[peirce-l] Re: Entelechy

2006-05-08 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
rry. Noticing that there are twenty unread messages. So, someone else might have written something I should have taken notice. Best Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7.5.2006 kello 18:25, gnusystems kirjoitti: Kirsti, Wilfred et al., Kirsti writes, [[ I was quite perplexed to read tha

[peirce-l] RE: Entelechy

2006-05-08 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Neal, I didn't succeed in opening your attachment. Could you possibly copy it and send it as a mail? Kirsti 7.5.2006 kello 23:09, Neal Bruss kirjoitti: . . . and notice how the first two clauses of the passage link "entelechy" with the Peirce's freuqent turn to grammar in his logic, and,

[peirce-l] Re: Entelechy

2006-05-09 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
Gene, I enjoyed reading your message. - My own expressions must have been inadequate, and misleading, because, as it happens, I fully agree with all you say in the following: Life is more than “science and scientific knowledge,” and more than “striving to approach, better and better, The Tru

[peirce-l] Re: greetings to peirce-l

2006-08-15 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
not take till Doomsday. Anyway, best wishes to your work on your dissertation! Kirsti Määttänen 9.8.2006 kello 00:21, Jacob Longshore kirjoitti: Greetings all, Since I'm new to Peirce-l (and lists in general), allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jacob Longshore; I'

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-24 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ding to me, was developed out of an original impulse to act consistently, to have a definite intention.” Which, by the time of writing, Peirce does not find satisfactory. For the reasons you stated in your later post, with which I agree. Best, Kirsti – Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-25 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
t lasts, is a strong habit, and, as such forces the man to believe until some surprise breaks the habit." Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25.9.2006 kello 02:02, Joseph Ransdell kirjoitti: Dear Kirsti:: I'm short on time today and can't  really answer you until tomorr

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-26 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ich I view as a twisted and peculiar mode of the method of authority). Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-26 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
think of, so it's a logical possibility, it is conceivable, irrespective of whether any such (human) mind would exist. Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-26 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
w of habit. But I'm somewhat in a loss here, because these views are a based on reading Collected Papers. With consequent difficulties in delineating the development of Peirce's views. Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-26 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
s how I've interpreted the idea. To Peice, meaning IS contextual. Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25.9.2006 kello 20:55, gnusystems kirjoitti: Joe, thanks for that pointer to Jeff Kasser's paper; it clears up many of the questions i've had lately about what Peirce meant by

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamental psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-09-27 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
stitute I was a member, all decisions were discussed. But there was no pressure to make them look like reasonable to the outside. One of my favorite quotes from that particular piece used to be the metaphor by Peirce: Burning diamonds instead of coal to produce heat. Thanks again, Kirsti Kirs

[peirce-l] Re: What "fundamental psychological laws" is Peirce referring to?

2006-10-03 Thread Kirsti Määttänen
ably, so the question is are they critically fixed or not. All of them never can be at once (i.e. collectively), but some of them can, any time. On the other hand, one can deliberately choose to loosen one's ideas, if one has a method which works. Peirce recommends musement. Best, Kirsti Kirsti Määttänen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>