Thanks a lot, Jim!
Thomas.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:54:47 +0200, Jim Piat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Folks,
For those interested in Peirce's contributions to experimental
psychology and its connection to the work of Fechner this looks like an
excellent reference. The book is called The Wave
Joe Ransdell wrote:
R: This is well worth following up, Jim, but I want to say again that
it won't work as long you are making the mistake of trying to think of the
fourth method as a combination of the first three methods, as distinct from
thinking of the fourth method as somehow involvi
Hi Joe. Now I see why we've been talking past each other. My
suggestion for the "psychological laws" is: 1) the settlement of
opinion is the sole object of inquiry, and 2) belief is of the nature of
a habit. I granted that 1) in particular looks rather peculiar as a
psychological law (in m
Jeff:
I just want to add a couple of words to my previous post. First,
if the maxim "Do not block the road of inquiry" is regarded as an
essential part of the fourth method, then we can surely say that the
method of science is radically incompatible with the method of tenacity
-- which is not t
