Ben, List: Yes, I have obviously made some progress since I first posed the question to Gary. The more I read about all of this, the more I am inclined to think that Peirce's preference for "general" over "universal" does indeed simply reflect his position that no law or habit is absolutely exceptionless.
Thanks, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Benjamin Udell <baud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, I forgot to adjust the email message subject line. Repaired here. - > Best, Ben > > Jon S., Gary R., Jon A., list, > > As promised in my previous message, here is the first off-list response > that I made to Jon S.'s messages in this thread to peirce-l: > > Jon S., > > You've out-researched me! I'm not sure what to say on-list at this point. > I found some backup for some of your claims. I found that, as you said, > indeed Peirce says that particular and universal propositions are general > propositions, it's in CP 2.271 (from "Nomenclature and Divisions of Triadic > Relations" 1903), > > ยง10. Kinds of Propositions > 271. A Dicent Symbol, or general proposition, is either *Particular* or > *Universal*. > > I've found elsewhere that Peirce tended to regard 'general' and > 'universal' as being mostly alternate terms for the same thing., > > It may take me a while to muster a response., > > Best, Ben >
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