Gary R., all,
I saw your post only after I sent my previous post. Yes, I had plenty to
say, way too much, including draft material that didn't make it into the
article that Gary mentions, where I attempted to summarize Peirce's
arguments in "Ground of Validity of the Laws of Logic." Many of these
arguments aim to show that the supposed uniformity or orderliness of the
universe is not a helpful supposition, and he holds that the universe is
extremely various and diverse in its phenomena.
Best, Ben
On 5/6/2014 2:15 PM, Gary Richmond wrote:
Matt, Ulysses, Mara, Ben, List,
Peirce comments in several places on Mill's understanding of the
phrase "the uniformity of nature" as the basis for induction. Here's
one lucid passage, broken up into shorter paragraphs for readability
and to allow for some brief comments on the material I've placed in
italics (Mill's position) and boldface (Peirce's counter to it).
However, I'm pressed for time the next few days, so I'm sending it out
sans comments because I think the passage itself gets at the heart of
question and, in truth, doesn't really need much comment as I see it.
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