Jon, I've been reading the section of the Minute Logic that you've been posting bits of (i don't think i've read it before) and i'm looking forward to your way of connecting it to the category of categories ... if that's what you're doing ... but i agree with Gary R. and Ben that it would be easier to follow if you put it together into one message, or at least collect all the Peirce quotes into one and your argument or comments into another one.
Gary F. -----Original Message----- From: C S Peirce discussion list [mailto:PEIRCE-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU] On Behalf Of Jon Awbrey Sent: March-10-12 11:20 AM Peircers, This passage from Peirce has intrigued me, too, for at least a dozen years, just going by the first discussions that I can remember having about it, and still find scattered about on the web. I am less concerned about the terms of art from Aristotle -- predicables, predicaments, etc. -- than I am about the nature and function of categories in general, with especial reference to the status of Peirce's 3 categories. The larger interest of this question for me is this -- that I see a certain continuity of purpose and "uberty" that extends from Aristotle's categories, up through Peirce's, and through one potential, as yet unrealized, but perhaps inevitable future development of category theory as it is understood and used in most mathematical work today, either as a practical tool, as most will admit it, or as a foundation more natural and more sure than set theory, as others are inclined to recommend it. But it's Saturday, and I'm due for a bit of R&R ... Regards, Jon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to lists...@listserv.iupui.edu with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to PEIRCE-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
