[PEIRCE-L] Constellation of formal languages and the logic of time (was Charity

2020-05-15 Thread michaelcjm
List, Hopefully a pause for breath is a kind of "outcome" that isn't final. It always struck me a constellation of overlapping / intermeshing formal languages would perform the very function Joe describes. Taking "methodology" to mean "method" I'm sure instances of lack of method (rather than ju

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Constellation of formal languages and the logic of time (was Charity

2020-05-16 Thread John F. Sowa
Michael, I strongly agree: MCJM> What we should be doing IMO is not so much "agreeing to differ" as leaving our ideas on the table for continued evaluation (at everybody's leisure). If we don't want to agree do we have to say more than "I shall think about it" or even just stay momentarily sil

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Constellation of formal languages and the logic of time (was Charity

2020-05-16 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Michael, List: MM: Hopefully a pause for breath is a kind of "outcome" that isn't final. I agree, and am very glad to see that as a newcomer you have not already been deterred from participating further by what has transpired here lately. MM: Given I am (as yet) on the back foot in scholarly