John, a search of CP 1 turns up 19 instances of "reflect", but only one occurs in connection with "diagrams". Is this the one you had in mind?
[[ CP 1.592. These ideals, however, have in the main been imbibed in childhood. Still, they have gradually been shaped to his personal nature and to the ideas of his circle of society rather by a continuous process of growth than by any distinct acts of thought. Reflecting upon these ideals, he is led to intend to make his own conduct conform at least to a part of them - to that part in which he thoroughly believes. Next, he usually formulates, however vaguely, certain rules of conduct. He can hardly help doing so. Besides, such rules are convenient and serve to minimize the effects of future inadvertence and, what are well-named, the wiles of the devil within him. Reflection upon these rules, as well as upon the general ideals behind them, has a certain effect upon his disposition, so that what he naturally inclines to do becomes modified. Such being his condition, he often foresees that a special occasion is going to arise; thereupon, a certain gathering of his forces will begin to work and this working of his being will cause him to consider how he will act, and in accordance with his disposition, such as it now is, he is led to form a resolution as to how he will act upon that occasion. This resolution is of the nature of a plan; or, as one might almost say, a diagram. It is a mental formula always more or less general. Being nothing more than an idea, this resolution does not necessarily influence his conduct. But now he sits down and goes through a process similar to that of impressing a lesson upon his memory, the result of which is that the resolution, or mental formula, is converted into a determination, by which I mean a really efficient agency, such that if one knows what its special character is, one can forecast the man's conduct on the special occasion. One cannot make forecasts that will come true in the majority of trials of them by means of any figment. It must be by means of something true and real. ]] Gary f. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John F. Sowa Sent: 31-Mar-21 00:05 To: Dan Everett <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Phaneroscopy, Iconoscopy, and Peircean Category Theory 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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