Quite, John. I could have been more clear about that, but composing posts on my phone is tedious, and I kept it short.
John Collier Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal http://web.ncf.ca/collier > -----Original Message----- > From: John F Sowa [mailto:s...@bestweb.net] > Sent: Monday, 30 January 2017 4:33 PM > To: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu > Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Nominalism vs. Realism > > > Peirce's contribution was to recognize that Kant's synthetic a priori could be > replaced by abduction. Then he called it a method of reasoning at the same > level as induction and deduction. The problem of justifying a particular > abduction is a matter for the philosophy of science. > > John F.S.
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