Dear Kees, seminar emcees, list, Now that the seminar on Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed ( http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17138102-peirce) appears to be winding down (although please feel free to continue discussing any topic that's been introduced in the seminar), we would like to thank all the emcees who ably led the seminar discussions as well as those who participated in them. I also received a number of off-list emails from "lurkers" to say that they were enjoying and benefiting from the seminar even though they were not actively participating in it. Especially gratifying to me was the fact that several new voices were heard on the list, amongst which were some who joined peirce-l expressly for the seminar.
Nathan Houser has been keen for a while on the idea of a seminar at peirce-l, and it has worked out well indeed. We thank him for his continued support. In my now well over decades long involvement with peirce-l, first as lurker, then as participant, and now as moderator, I do not recall such an abundance of high level discussions over such an extended period of time. In my opinion, of all the "slow reads" and similar extended discussions which have been held here over the past decade or so, this was by far the most successful overall. The fine contextualizing prefatory material provided by the emcees surely helped catalyze the high activity and quality of the discussions so that, as we expected, it was possible to springboard off the concise material contained in Kees' short book into areas of contemporary interest and debate. So we would again like to thank the emcees for their excellent work throughout the seminar. Life and work CORNELIS DE WAAL <http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/directory/bio/cdwaal> Mathematics and philosophy JOHN COLLIER <http://web.ncf.ca/collier> & TOM GOLLIER <http://diagrammaticthinking.blogspot.com/> Phenomenology and the categories GARY FUHRMAN <http://www.gnusystems.ca/gnoxic.htm> The normative science of logic MATT FAUNCE & CATHY LEGG <http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/browse?value=Legg%2C+Catherine&type=author> Semeiotics, or the doctrine of signs VINICIUS ROMANINI <http://www.minutesemeiotic.org/> Philosophy of science JEFF DOWNARD <http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jeffrey+Brian+Downard%22+%22Kant%22+OR+%22common+law%22+OR+%22reason+states%22&btnG=Search&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&channel=sb> & JEFF KASSER <http://philpapers.org/profile/26502> Pragmatism PHYLLIS CHIASSON <http://independent.academia.edu/PhyllisChiasson> & GARY RICHMOND <http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/garyrichmond/reserach/research_documents.htm> Truth and reality BEN UDELL <http://tetrast2.blogspot.com/2013/04/methods-of-learning.html> & MARA WOODS <http://ivytech.academia.edu/MaraWoods> Mind, God, and cosmos SØREN BRIER <http://cybersemiotics.dk/> Finally, and most of all, we want to thank Cornelis (Kees) de Waal for writing this excellent introduction to the life and thought of Peirce, and for his participation in the seminar discussion, limited only, I've come to understand, by his extraordinary time constraints. Best, Gary Richmond ([email protected]) - peirce-l moderator/ & co-manager; TPG Advisory Board member Ben Udell ([email protected] <[email protected]%[email protected]%0A%3C/a%3E%29+-%A0%A0%A0%0Apeirce-l+moderator/%20&%20co-manager;+TPG+Advisory+Board+member%3Cbr%3E%0ABen+Udell%A0%A0%0A%A0%28%0A%3Ca+moz-do-not-send=>) - Arisbe webmaster & co-manager; TPG Advisory Board member Cathy Legg ([email protected]) - The Peirce Group (TPG) Executive Board member
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