Gary, As I said before, I believe that JAS has been trying to force Peirce's writings into a rigid box. Peirce repeatedly said that his ideas were constantly growing. In fact, that is why he was unable to finish his many book projects: as he starts writing, he gets so many new ideas that earlier chapters need to be rewritten. When he does that, he needs to rewrite the later ones. That leads to an endless cycle of revisions. But Jon's project is static. It's impossible for any static project to capture the open-ended growth of Peirce's ideas. GR> seeing John's self-contradictions spelled out was pretty astonishing, and revealing, to me as well. They've been pointed out before; I've done so myself on-list and off-list, apparently to no avail. No! When anybody points out a mistake that I made, I immediately correct it. But neither you nor JAS has ever found a self-contradiction in anything I wrote. There are some points where you disagreed with my interpretation of what Peirce wrote. The issues are rather subtle, and I've been busy with other writings. When they're published, I'll show how they explain the issues that Peirce was addressing. As for that off-list note, I did not respond because the note was so hopelessly wrong that there was no point in saying anything. As for my reasons for supporting the comments by Edwina, Auke, and others, the reasons are simple: they have a more open-ended attitude that is closer in spirit to what Peirce was writing, Even when I have some quibbles about what they write, they are more willing to discuss the issues and evaluate the alternatives. I find their manner of discussion a breath of fresh air in comparison to Jon's rigid box. I have often pointed out some serious misinterpretations that Jon made. But he never admits any alternative. John
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