Re: [PEIRCE-L] A question for pragmatists

2023-04-21 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
can create our best choices. It seems to me crucial to pragmatism to grok not only that there is no scientific practice independent of charitable, devoted, and hopeful theory, but there is also no theory independent of the practices that inform it. Martin W. Kettelhut, PhD ListeningIsTheKey.com

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A question for pragmatists

2023-04-21 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
t;> then amount to bringing your desires into conformity with the revealed >> character of God Himself, along with your actions and beliefs. >> >> Regarding leadership, I think that it makes a lot of sense to frame it as >> drawing followers toward a designated goal a

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A question for pragmatists

2023-04-20 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
e specified end, as opposed to dictating every step along the way. > > Thanks, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/JonAlanSch

Re: [PEIRCE-L] A question for pragmatists, was, Comments on the nature and purpose of Peirce-L, was, The Basis of Synechism in Phaneroscopy

2023-04-20 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
t; MWK: How are we serving the needs of a world engendered by reductionism in > politics and the media, the over-extension of pluralism in social media > platforms, relativism gone wild in the interpretation of the law, the > conundrums of individualism for economics, and rampant nihilism in every

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Comments on the nature and purpose of Peirce-L, was, The Basis of Synechism in Phaneroscopy

2023-04-19 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
tionism in politics and the media, the over-extension of pluralism in social media platforms, relativism gone wild in the interpretation of the law, the conundrums of individualism for economics, and rampant nihilism in every sector? Thank you for considering, Martin W. Kettelhut, PhD ListeningIs

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Formal Logics for a General Universe

2022-04-09 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
the whole world, is, as it seems to me, illogical in all his inferences, collectively. Logic is rooted in the social principle.” Martin W. Kettelhut, PhD ListeningIsTheKey.com 303 747 4449 > On 9 Apr 2022, at 8:41 AM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote: > > List: > > According to Peirce,

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce & Popper

2021-10-07 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
s problem within the same individualist logic; whereas Peirce accounts for the validity of induction by his “social theory of logic.” (“Four Incapacities…,’ “Fixation of Belief,” and “How to Make Our Ideas Clear”) Martin W. Kettelhut, PhD ListeningIsTheKey.com 303 747 4449 > On 7 Oct 20

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce & Popper

2021-10-07 Thread Martin W. Kettelhut
; he says that all we’ve got is truth in a certain context (like a chemistry lab, or an atomic accelerator). Popper is afraid that a realist commitment to truth = closedness, or truth-with-an-agenda. Unlike Peirce, Popper could not negotiate generality or continuity. Martin W. Kettelhut, PhD