Jeff, List:
I thought that our objective in this thread was--at least eventually--to
determine whether and how Peirce's mathematical and phenomenological
discussions in the last RLT lecture might shed light on the subsequent
metaphysical discussion (including the blackboard diagram), and
Jon, list:
Thank you for that.
I dare you all to think about this conversation NOT in context of CP 5.189.
one two three... C A B...
icon index symbol... Firstness Secondness Thirdness... esthetics ethics
logic
spiritedness desire reason... name definition essence... Father Son
Spirit...
Jeff, List:
At first, I was not sure how helpful CP 6.395&397 could be, since they are
from an article published in 1878, 20 years before RLT and 30 years before
"A Neglected Argument." Leaving aside that concern, I read through the
subsequent text and came to wonder if the "general
Just a quick follow-up comment.
CSP: Consequently, whether in time or not, the three universes must
actually be absolutely necessary results of a state of utter nothingness.
We cannot ourselves conceive of such a state of nility; but we can easily
conceive that there should be a mind that could
Jeffrey, Jon, list:
You quoted Peirce saying:
"Any proposition whatever concerning the order of Nature must touch more or
less upon religion."
What a strange statement.
Would you accept that if I had said it instead of Peirce?
Best,
Jerry R
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt
Jeff, List:
I will try to take a closer look at this later.
Thanks,
Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA
Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman
www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:36 AM, Jeffrey Brian Downard <
Jeff, List:
I guess my point is that the only reason why we can *isolate *relate,
correlate, and the relation between them is because there is an underlying
order; that is what enables us to *distinguish *these things as individuals
at all.
I deliberately avoided using the relation of brother as
Jon S, Gary R, List,
Given our interest in providing a clearer meaning for the conceptions of order
and Super-order, I think that these passages might be helpful.
Any proposition whatever concerning the order of Nature must touch more or less
upon religion. In our day, belief, even in these
