[PEIRCE-L] layers in EGs

List, Peirce suggested a pile of sheets of assertion, between whose sheets items are connected with threads through pinholes. I was wondering why he did not suggest transparent paper. It was invented at his time, and used for copying too, but I dont know, how transparent and how easily available i

Re: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

Gary F., List: Let me say at the outset that this post is not intended to engage in a terminological dispute, but rather simply to explain my own current usage. GF: To me, Peirce’s term “Logic as Semiotic” refers mainly to speculative grammar (and rhetoric) and not to normative Logic--although I

RE: [PEIRCE-L] The Bedrock Beneath Pragmaticism

Jon, list, I’m familiar enough with your terminological choices, Jon, to feel that I know what you’re talking about, most of the time. Thus I’m not inclined to argue for or against the wisdom of those choices. However, I do tend to stumble over your phrase “Normative Logic as Semeiotic.” To me,