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Best, Robert Marty Honorary Professor ; PhD Mathematics ; PhD Philosophy fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marty *https://martyrobert.academia.edu/ <https://martyrobert.academia.edu/>* Le ven. 21 avr. 2023 à 06:43, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hi Harris, > > I don't know the book, but you might find this review of interest. > > Best, > > Gary R > > Peirce's Theory of Scientific Discovery: A System of Logic Conceived as > Semiotic (review) > > - > - Patrick Sullivan > > <https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&query=author:Patrick%20Sullivan:and&min=1&max=10&t=query_term> > - Journal of the History of Philosophy > <https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/76> > - Johns Hopkins University Press > <https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=browse&limit=publisher_id:1> > - Volume 28, Number 2, April 1990 <https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/12335> > - pp. 307-308 > - 10.1353/hph.1990.0035 <https://doi.org/10.1353/hph.1990.0035> > - https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/226423/pdf > - > > Richard Tursman. Peirce's Theory of Scientific Discovery: A System of > Logic Conceived as Semiotic. Peirce Studies, No. 3. Bloomington: Indiana > University Press, 1987. Pp. xi + 16o. $25.00. > > > Tursman has provided a work that is a significant guide to understanding a > difficult and complex area of Peirce's philosophical thought, and a guide > both to locating the position of Peirce's thought with respect to the > intellectual currents of his own time, and to marking out for us today a > distinctively pragmatistic philosophy of science. > > > Tursman's general project can be seen as attempting to address several of > the eight "unfinished tasks of Peircean semeiotic scholarship" indicated by > Max Fisch? Among those tasks important for understanding Tursman's > direction are that of showing how, for Peirce, the analysis of the logic of > science was to be situated in a semiotic framework , and revealing what we > might have seen if Peirce had finished his own *A System of Logic, > Considered as Semiotic*. Tursman's subtitle should suggest that the last > of these suggested tasks is a central concern, and he employs the very > organizing principle suggested by Fisch for Peirce's own work. > > > This principle is the division of Peirce's theory of signs into > Speculative Grammar, Critic, and Speculative Rhetoric. What Tursman's > analysis shows is how Peirce constructed a system of logic within semiotic, > and how the semiotic was constructed within a larger framework of the > analysis of the most general features of experience. This, as Fisch > suggests, is what would have been the outcome of Peirce's own unfinished > System of Logic.~ The explication of Peirce's method of inquiry (the > interrelated functions of abductive , deductive, and inductive inference, > governed by the Pragmatic Maxim) is one of the most thorough available. > > > One of the most important contributions Tursman's examination makes is the > treatment of the illative relation (transitivity) and its function in > Peirce's system. Within the Peircean account of the method of science and > its shift in focus from existentially particular cognitive antecedents for > knowledge toward a focus on the results of inquiry, the importance of the > illafive relation emerges. The illative relation is, for Peirce, the > primary semiotic relation because it is the law of inference that grounds > the leading principles which inform abduction, deduction, and induction, > and thereby governs the relations of signs with other signs. ' Max H. > Fisch, "Peirce's General Theory of Signs,". . . > > > Tursman thus shows us how intricately involved the interrelations among > Peirce's categories, his theory of signs, and his account of the method of > science really are. Understanding precisely what these interrelations are > and how they function is, however , crucial to understanding Peirce's > philosophical thought, and specifically, his account of the method of > science. We should be able to see, for example, the differences between > Peirce's account of inquiry and both positivistic and the various > "postpositivistic " approaches to the method of science. > > > Tursman's book makes one other important contribution that should be > noticed. It is commonly thought that Peirce said very little in a > systematic fashion about the third branch of his semiotic, Speculative > Rhetoric. The amount of secondary literature on Speculative Rhetoric, > moreover, is quite small. Tursman's treatment of Speculative Rhetoric in > the last three chapters of his book marks a substantial addition to the > available material. Peirce characterized Speculative Rhetoric as being > concerned both with the laws of inference that govern the relations of > signs with signs, and the theory of the method of inquiry. What this > suggests, I think, is that Peirce in fact said quite a lot about > Speculative Rhetoric, much of it far more systematically... > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:56 PM Harris Bolus <bolushar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I found a book called *Peirce's Theory of Scientific Discovery: A System >> of Logic Conceived as Semiotic*, by Richard Allen Tursman, at my >> university library. I haven't been able to find any reviews. Has anyone >> read it? Do you know if it's particularly insightful or well written, >> especially with regard to forging a relationship between logic and science >> through semiotic? >> Best, >> Harris Bolus >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> ► 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 UNSUBSCRIBE PEIRCE-L in the SUBJECT LINE of the >> message and nothing in the body. More at >> https://list.iupui.edu/sympa/help/user-signoff.html . >> ► PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; >> and co-managed by him and Ben Udell. >> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ► PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. 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