Gary F, Edwina, Jon AS, List, I am delighted to read about GF's applications of Peirce's writings to the issues that Edwina copied: "the continuity between the processes of semiosis and those of life itself" and "the recursive and nonlinear nature of those processes". In 2006, I wrote an article on "Peirce's contributions to the 21st century", which summarized a few of the many ways in which Peirce not only anticipated, but frequently *improved upon* his successors: http:/jfsowa.com/pubs/csp21st.pdf . Some of the writings by Susan Haack, John Deely, Terry Deacon, and Frederick Stjernfelt influenced that article. In the 14 years since then, I have found many more examples. Last week, I presented a talk (virtually) at the European Semantic Web Conference in which I emphasized ways in which Peirce's work can help guide the future developments. Following is an extended version of the slides I presented: http://jfsowa.com/talks/escw.pdf . As Peirce said, the meaning of a general principle always lies in the future. I believe that is an important area for discussions on Peirce-L. I also agree with GF on the following issues: GF> I look forward to your [JAS's] complete transcription of R 787. It occurs to me that much of your recent contribution to the list and to Peircean scholarship has been to restore the integrity of Peirces manuscripts... And the following is especially important for students who can't afford the exorbitant costs of the published versions: GF> Ive tried to contribute to the restoration by using the manuscript images put online by Jeff Downard and the SPIN project to produce an online edition of the Lowell Lectures of 1903: http://www.gnusystems.ca/Lowells.htm But I must add that I have much less faith in Jon's plan to produce a coherent synthesis of Peirce's later writings. Peirce's ideas on every one of his major interests were constantly growing. He tried several times to write a book that summarized his ideas. But every time he tried, his ideas developed so rapidly, that the later sections made the earlier sections obsolete. If Peirce himself couldn't write a coherent synthesis, I don't believe that anyone else could or should attempt it. But I'll stop on this note of agreement (at least for now). John
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