[peirce-l] RE: Peirce invented the "electric switching computer?"

[Gary Richmond]

Steven, You may already be familiar with them, but if not see also Peter Skagestad's relevant papers at Arisbe, perhaps especially the first two in connection with the present question. PETER SKAGESTAD "The Mind's Machines: the Turing Machine, the Memex, and the Personal Computer" http://members.door.net/arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/skagesta/semiotica.htm "Thinking with Machines: Intelligence Augmentation, Evolutionary Epistemology, and Semiotic" http://members.door.net/arisbe/menu/library/aboutcsp/skagesta/thinking.htm "Peirce, Virtuality and Semiotic" http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Cogn/CognSkag.htm Gary Skagestad, Peter wrote: Steven, See Kenneth Laine Ketner with the assistance of Arthur F. Stewart, "The Early History of Computer Design: Charles Sanders Peirce and Marquand's` Logical Machines", The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XLV, Spring 1984, no. 3, 187-211. I believe Ken is also a member of this list. Peter ________________________________ From: Steven Ericsson Zenith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sat 3/4/2006 3:30 PM To: Peirce Discussion Forum Subject: [peirce-l] Peirce invented the "electric switching computer?" Dear List, There is a very nice and copyright free bio of Peirce from NOAA that I have copied into Panopedia for reference here: http://www.panopedia.org/index.php/Charles_Sanders_Peirce#NOAA_Giants_of_Science The article is unattributed and makes the following claim, that Peirce was: " ... first to conceive the design and theory of an electric switching computer" Now, I am not familiar with this claim - can anyone justify it with references? Better still, can anyone identify the author? With respect, Steven --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com