Excellent points John. 

> On Mar 31, 2021, at 00:05, John F. Sowa <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dan E> I just think that when we wind up quoting Peirce only instead of 
> showing how the ideas work out practically, we are not proceeding 
> pragmatistically, as he would have.
> 
> I enthusiastically agree, and I believe that Peirce would as well.   I am not 
> using my primary computer at the moment, and I can't search CP.  But anyone 
> who can should search for the point that he does not "reflect" in words, but 
> in diagrams.  As I recall, it's in CP 1.
> 
> For Peirce, words are secondary, and diagrams are primary.  Since the MSS are 
> all we have as the starting points, we must begin with the words.  But to 
> understand the words, we must dig beneath the words to get to the diagrams -- 
> including the icons and hypoicons -- that formed and informed Peirce's 
> thought.
> 
> John
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