Re: [PEIRCE-L] Synechism and Peirce's Categories

2024-05-08 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
Jerry, List: I have corrected the typo, changing "synergism" to "synechism" below. Again, from the standpoint of metaphysics, I understand the constitution of contingent being to be an inexhaustible continuum (3ns) of indefinite possibilities (1ns), some of which are actualized (2ns). Material re

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Synechism and Peirce's Categories typo correction

2024-05-08 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
Typo correction: ‘Synergism' should read ’synechism' > On May 8, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Jerry LR Chandler > wrote: > > Jon: > >> On May 7, 2024, at 5:24 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt >> wrote: >> >> What additional insights can we gain from further contemplating continuity >> in light of the categories

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Synechism and Peirce's Categories

2024-05-08 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
Jon: > On May 7, 2024, at 5:24 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt wrote: > > What additional insights can we gain from further contemplating continuity in > light of the categories, and the categories in light of continuity? > Material reality of the chemical sciences is based on the uniqueness of every ch

[PEIRCE-L] Synechism and Peirce's Categories

2024-05-07 Thread Jon Alan Schmidt
List: *Synechism *is Peirce's preferred name for his overall system of thought. He defines it as the "tendency to regard continuity ... as an idea of prime importance in philosophy" (CP 6.103, EP 1:313, 1892) and adds, "I carry the doctrine so far as to maintain that continuity governs the whole d