John, Jon, List,
John Sowa wrote: "On the following point, we agree. And since Gary R takes
your side in all these issues, I wish you would tell him to accept it."
I do not know whether or not Jon agrees with you, John, on the points
you've just made. Be that as it may, I would like to make it c
Jon ,
On the following point, we agree. And since Gary R takes
your side in all these issues, I wish you would tell him to accept
it.
JAS> I find it extremely inappropriate to make sweeping
judgments about who
is (or is not) capable of understanding Peirce's writings and discussing
them intell
John, List:
I agree that Edwina's statements as quoted by Gary R. are egregiously
anti-Peircean.
Of course, what he characterized as intolerance and an offense to free
inquiry was not "seeking to increase the depth and scope of analysis of
Peircean semiotic theory," as she absurdly implied, but r
Gary, John, List
John I will be less severe than you and perhaps more pragmatic and
"virile"( 😉) considering that this verbiage that does not seem to have the
function of "block the way of inquiry" has another - perhaps worse - that
is to "drown the way of inquiry" ... in doing so it tests the ro
Gary,
That is the most anti-Peircean statement
imaginable:
GR> It would once again appear
that Edwina and John expect everyone to have always and only the same
interests as they do. Edwina, for example, characterizes anything else,
notably, theorizing, as "an irrelevant exercise" undertaken on
Gary, list
your comments, which I largely approve of, seem a little tinged with
relativism (all the theories are equal). but this is probably due to
the position of moderator. this is the reason why I think that the
"generosity of attitude" should be balanced by the principle of
charity (to be han
List,
It would once again appear that Edwina and John expect everyone to have
always and only the same interests as they do. Edwina, for
example, characterizes anything else, notably, theorizing, as "an
irrelevant exercise" undertaken only by people who "prefer the isolation
and comfort of what [s
