Gary F, Helmut, List,
I agree with Gary that "there are no
perfect choices when it comes to
naming such things" and we
should "weed out the choices most likely to
cause
confusion."
HR: In mathematical language, the sentence
"possibility implies a
relation to what exists" is false.
Maybe in or
Thanks Jon, this does clarify the matter, especially the definitions of
Firstness where Peirce uses phrases such as “positive suchness” and “positive
possibility.” It’s yet another reminder of the importance of context in
determining the meaning of a word. I think it was Comte who first used the
Supplement: I have lost who is right or wrong, including Peirce. What I wanted to say, was: In mathematical language, the sentence "possibility implies a relation to what exists" is false. Maybe in ordinary English usage it is true, I dont know. But if we use the term "relation", we should
John, List
One might answer, that "relation" in this case is not involvement, but a "might-be"-affair. With this argument, "possibility implies a relation to what exists", translated, would be: "Possibility implies that it might be something what exists". But: This is not conform with the mathe
Gary F., List:
GF: In this context, Peirce acknowledges that *in ordinary English usage*,
“possibility implies a relation to what exists.”
I previously highlighted another usage by Peirce in which "possibility
implies a relation to what exists," namely, in accordance with his
pragmaticism (
http
Gary F, List,
GF: In this context, Peirce acknowledges that in
ordinary English
usage, possibility implies a relation to what
exists. Since
existence involves Secondness, that renders the word
possibility
unfit for rendering the concept named Firstness. In
order to
consistently use quali
Getting back to the substantive issue raised in my previous post …
In his third Lowell Lecture (1903), Peirce says that the Firstness of Firstness
can be called “qualitative possibility.” But earlier in the same lecture, he
says this:
CSP: That wherein all such qualities agree is universa
In this case, however, there is an exit …
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