Re: Frederik Stjernfelt
At: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/13901
Exactly.
And this is one of those places where we have to watch out for the possibility of a backward step,
where it is very tempting to fall back on the "Mirror Of Nature Theory Of Science" (MONTOS) and the
"Iconic Doctrine Of Language" (IDOL). ;)
The diagrammatic and dynamic qualities of Peirce's logic, as epitomized in the entitative and
existential interpretations of his logical graphs, were chief among the features that drew me to
explore his logical systems from the very beginning of my studies. But analogies and icons all
break in time, at one point or another, and it is only their embedding in a more fluid and robust
symbolic matrix that makes it possible for us to use them where they fit and to set them aside when
they fail.
Regards,
Jon
Frederik Stjernfelt wrote:
Dear Jon, list -
I also remarked that in McCulloch.
You're right about the less than straightforward relation between logical
consequence and temporal sequence … If the two were identical, mental processes
probably would be unable to address contents different from those processes …
Best
F
Den 04/09/2014 kl. 16.10 skrev Jon Awbrey
<jawb...@att.net<mailto:jawb...@att.net>>:
Re: Frederik Stjernfelt
At: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/13886
Frederik,
Yes, the orthogonality or independence of descriptive and normative sciences is
noted by McCulloch in his opening lines. The thing that struck me like a
lightning synapse when I first read that passage, long time passing, was the
fact that he set the logical arrow opposite to the causal arrow, invoking the
shade of Duns Scotus and bound causes, which I looked up once or twice but
didn't exactly get clear about, but anyway it sets the mind to thinking that
there is nothing terribly automatic or straightforward about the relation of
logical consequence and temporal sequence. Realizing that possibility opens up
a much wider field, and I dare say a more realistic field of investigation.
Et sic deinceps ...
Jon
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