Auke, The point I was trying make: Either/Or debates are a waste of time. There is an open-ended number of different ways of perceiving, thinking, talking, reasoning, and acting. In the abstract, there is no reason to debate whether method M175 is better or worse than method M837926. AB> I agree with your broadening up the seeming dichotomy to an open ended diversity. But I suggest to go all the way; also within a science we find different angles on the same subject matter. Semiotics not being excluded. Yes. Within any science -- say cooking, farming, chemistry, or phaneroscopy -- the number of "angles" or methods is unlimited. Just compare cooking in China, Italy, Mexico, or any other region. There is an immense diversity of methods, which is further subdivided by the specializations for each region, cook, and choice of ingredients. For any science, the diversity is as great as the number of applications times the number of practitioners. As Peirce said, there are just two sources of knowledge: pure mathematics and experiences in the phaneron. For both, the variations are potentially infinite. For phaneroscopy, Peirce's _Photometric Researches_ is an excellent textbook. It was published in 1878, the same year as the article "How to make our ideas clear". Peirce's many years of research was the basis for both, and the book provides examples that illustrate the open-ended variety of methods for analyzing experiences in the phaneron. Chapter 1, for example, has the title "The Sensation of Light." That is an unusual title for the first chapter of a book on science, and it illustrates Peirce's way of thinking. The remainder of the book discusses the many ways of analyzing those experiences by Peirce and other astronomers. I posted some excerpts from that book on my web site. I recommend Chapter 1 (six pages) and some browsing of the other excerpts: http://jfsowa.com/peirce/PRexcerpts.pdf . There is, of course, much more to be said. 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 .
