Gary F., List: I suspect that it was another case of Peirce being modest in this particular letter, since elsewhere he referred to the existential graphs as "my chef d'oeuvre" (letter to Jourdain, 1908; given by the editors as the subtitle for CP 4.347-584).
Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 3:00 PM, <g...@gnusystems.ca> wrote: > One remark I found interesting in the Kehler letter after Peirce had taken > several pages to explain the syntax of the graphs: on p. 23 he wrote, “By > the space that I have occupied in explaining this syntax, you will surely > think it is my chief work. On the contrary, it is one of the smallest, but > it is the only one of which I could put you in a position to gain some > understanding without writing a book about it.” That certainly alters my > impression of the importance Peirce ascribed to his existential graphs. And > just when I’m beginning to take them more seriously myself! >
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