[peirce-l] Re: What

2006-10-05 Thread Joseph Ransdell
Jim: I think your thesis about the truth being the average, in the sense you describe, is an instance of a partial  truth in that it probably does work for some class of truths, but it really only applies to those in which the diversity of opinion is opinion based upon observation.  The first t

[peirce-l] Re: Peirce on personality, individualism and science

2006-10-05 Thread Bill Bailey
Joe, There's never time to say it all, and I often say it sloppy.  Bill, you say:BB:  Were Arjuna of right mind, he would be dead to self and all earthly cares,his mind clearly fixed on the Absolute.REPLY:JR:But according to my understanding of the Gita the idea is that to be of the right m

[peirce-l] Re: What

2006-10-05 Thread Jeff Kasser
Good stuff, Jim. Thanks. I've raised a query about the relationship between the two laws and the method of tenacity in my just-posted response to Joe, who broached a similar issue. I'd like, of course, to hear your thoughts on this matter. I'm not sure that the tenacious person's basing his

[peirce-l] Re: What

2006-10-05 Thread Jeff Kasser
This is intriguing stuff, Joe and I'd like to hear more about what you have in mind. First, I'm not sure what sort of special relationship the two psychological laws in question need to bear to the method of tenacity. If they're in fact psychological (i.e. psychical) laws, then it would be un

[peirce-l] Re: [peirce-l]Re: Arisbe archives availability

2006-10-05 Thread Joseph Ransdell
Irving Anellis asks: Is there a possibility of setting up a dedicated server for Arisbe at your university, at the Peirce Edition Project offices in Indy, or some similar venue such as the Peirce Project at U Montreal or some other university? If I can figure out the technicalities of h

[peirce-l] Re: Peirce on personality, individualism and science

2006-10-05 Thread Joseph Ransdell
Bill, you say:BB:  Were Arjuna of right mind, he would be dead to self and all earthly cares,his mind clearly fixed on the Absolute. REPLY: But according to my understanding of the Gita the idea is that to be of the right mind is to clearly fixed on your earthly task, on what you are doing right n

[peirce-l] Re: What

2006-10-05 Thread Jim Piat
  Dear Jim Willgoose,   Opps, I goofed.   I think you are right.    In an earlier version of my post I had included the possibility that in an open system new energy, information and possibilities were being added (or taken away) that would change the mean of the system and thus account for