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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