Dear list, The surprising fact, "*they take things out of context, making unsubstantiated assertions, relying on the assumption that they won’t be checked*" is observed. But if the good man has a good soul, C would be a matter of course. Hence, there is reason to suspect that A is true.
With best wishes, Jerry R On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Stephen Jarosek <sjaro...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >"As for myself, I have never agreed with anyone else's paraphrase of my > opinions. I always ask people to quote my exact words and not attribute > their interpretations to me. I would give Peirce the same benefit of the > doubt." > > Excellent. As it should be. > > I cannot comment on the truth or otherwise of Eugene’s defamations of > Peirce. But one thing has to be made absolutely clear... this is the sort > of thing that extremists in America are resorting to now. They’re getting > desperate. They deliberately take things out of context, they lie and they > fabricate. They defame their opposition, and now it looks like they’re even > defaming historical figures. > > If one is to take a defamer seriously, then they need to check the claims > made... don’t take them as given. What people with an agenda typically > do... they take things out of context, making unsubstantiated assertions, > relying on the assumption that they won’t be checked. If anyone is going to > follow through on this, then please do it properly. Did Peirce say mean > things once? Maybe. So have I. So have most of you. Did he change later? > Maybe. So have I. So have most of you. But someone with an agenda is > unlikely to admit to inconvenient truths... they'll omit inconvenient > words, or sentences, or paragraphs, or later reports, or updates. The > safest assumption... it’s just what they do. > > Regards > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John F Sowa [mailto:s...@bestweb.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 11:02 PM > To: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu > Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Scientific inquiry does not involve matters > > Gene, Edwina, and Stephen, > > I have been traveling and working on some tight deadlines. So I have not > been able to read, much less comment on, most of the discussions. > > But I am reluctant to make long chains of questionable inferences from > Peirce's writings and get into heated arguments about the different > interpretations. > > I'd just like to make one observation about Thomas Gradgrind, whom Peirce > mentioned in a remark that Gene quoted (March 12): > > > The Reign of Terror was very bad; but now the Gradgrind banner has > > been this century long flaunting in the face of heaven, with an > > insolence to provoke the very skies to scowl and rumble. Soon a flash > > and quick peal will shake economists quite out of their complacency, > > too late. The twentieth century, in its latter half, shall surely see > > the deluge-tempest burst upon the social order > > -- to clear upon a world as deep in ruin as that greed-philosophy has > > long plunged it into guilt. No post-thermidorian high jinks then!” > > (Evolutionary Love, 1893, 6.292). > In Dickens' novel _Hard Times_, Gradgrind was, among other things, a > teacher who summarized his educational philosophy in one phrase: > "To fill the little pitchers full of facts". > > For Peirce, that slogan is extreme nominalism, which was at least as evil > as the gospel of greed. But in the novel, Gradgrind was a more complex > character who had redeeming qualities and a change of heart and life at the > end. > > For a brief summary of Gradgrind's portrayal by Dickens, see > https://www.shmoop.com/hard-times-dickens/thomas-gradgrind.html > > Since Gradgrind is a complex character and Peirce is even more complex, I > have serious doubts about any attempt to make stronger inferences about > Peirce's character or opinions than he stated explicitly. > > As for myself, I have never agreed with anyone else's paraphrase of my > opinions. I always ask people to quote my exact words and not attribute > their interpretations to me. I would give Peirce the same benefit of the > doubt. > > John > > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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