Dear Grace:Your daddy sent your pretty question to many people.I thought about your question for quite a while, Grace, because it is a tricky question and I like some tricky questions.Sometimes it is best to play with questions a bit before you decide on a good answer because it is difficult to use
Thomas:Your thoughts on the potential relation between Peirce's continuity and mathematical history were fascinating. I must confess that I am a bit of a skeptic when it comes to the possibility of a sensible relation between logic, any logic, and a philosophy of mathematics.Nonetheless, I remain
Dear Gary / Kristi:On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:Dear Gary, I was quite delighted in reading what you wrote: The second law, as i understand it, says that any actual use of energy degrades it, i.e. reduces its quality or usefulness. In the jargon of thermodynami
heir philosophy of physics, the philosophy
of genera. I can merely add that the symbol system of physics is not
the sole symbol system and that the philosophy of physics is not the
sole philosophy of science. The philosophy of the chemical sciences
is vastly more complex than t
Arnold:
On Apr 29, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
In Vol IV
of the Collected Papers (and, I would guess, throughout the New
Elements of
Mathematics, a copy of Eisele's edition of which I would dearly
love to
get!) he goes to considerable lengths in exploring the
in fitting chemical / biochemical relations
into this logical framework.
Cheers
Jerry LR Chandler
On Apr 29, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Subject: Fw: What is Category Theory?
From: "Joseph Ransdell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006
Bernard:
On Apr 30, 2006, at 1:08 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Subject: Re: Fw: What is Category Theory?
From: Bernard Morand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:41:50 +0200
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Joe and list,
Yes I think that the category theory has a great interest
Irving:
On May 1, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
A _category_ is the class of all members of some =
kind of abstract mathematical entity (sets, groups, rings, fields
topologic=
al spaces, etc.) and all the functions that hold between the class
mathema=
tical ent
Dear Gary:
On May 4, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Yesterday i looked through the works of Rosen and Pattee that i
have at
hand, and although they both mention Prigogine in passing, i haven't
found any "rejection of the Prigogine approach" in either of them. I
would
To List:
Thank you, Gary, for the reference to the following paragraph in the
introduction:
http://www.iupui.edu/~peirce/writings/v1/v1intro.htm
"Throughout those thirty and a half years and on beyond them,
however, when he had occasion to state his profession, or even his
occupation, he
Ben:
My comment is from a chemical perspective. It may or may not be of
help to you.
On May 6, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
But first, on a general note, let me say that among the issues
driving =
my current display of confusion & error, is the question: if =
Jim:
On May 2, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Irving:
On May 1, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
A _category_ is the class of all members of some =
kind of abstract mathematical entity (sets, groups, rings, fields
topologic=
al spaces, etc.)
Jim:
On May 9, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Still this account leaves untouched the matter of symbols standing
for =
the meaning of objects. The indexical and iconic functions of
symbols =
tell us what meaning is being refered to but they do not shed any
light =
nerally, rather than just of visual
diagrams. =
As for some analogous sort of key vehicle of biologists' thinking,
-- I =
can't even think of a "typical" biologist, there seem such diverse =
kinds, at least "on paper," or in Internet searches and encyclopedia =
articles, w
mistake to close a file.
Do open minds require open files in order to open new ideas?
I will end with another open question:
Can anyone explicate a symbol for time in terms of Firstness,
Secondness and Thirdness?
Cheers
Jerry
gary F.
}Every man is tasked to make his life, even in
On May 10, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Sorry I incorrectly attributed the Ehresmann reference to you -- it
will take a while to get oriented to the list.
Janet
Janet / List:
You asked, in an earlier post, about the relations between Rosen and
Ehresmann.
They
On May 12, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Off-list, Gary Richmond, who's quite busy, sent me this:
66~~
Chemistry expresses itself in Peirce's valency theory (the term is
not his
but Ken Ketner's who hasn't been given enough credit yet for his
work in
t
r of facts can be abstracted
into beautifully constructed narratives that expand the domain of
discourse such the origins are fully and completely obscured?
Thanks again for posting the quote.
Cheers
Jerry LR Chandler
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Jim, List:
On May 11, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Subject: Re: Porphyry's Trees
From: "Jim Piat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 23:35:10 -0400
X-Message-Number: 5
Dear Jerry,
You wrote:
In particular, what is your position with respect to universals
Dear Jim:
On May 14, 2006, at 1:08 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Dear Jerry,
I think Peirce saw chemical bonding as a way of illustrating his
theory that
in principle all bonds or relations can be built of and/or reduced
to the
three fundamental relations of firstness, secondne
at, 13 May 2006 20:13:43 +0200
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Jerry LR Chandler wrote:
(...)
The first quote suggests that Peirce used a direct one to one
correspondence relation with the concept of valence as the principle
basis for his generalized logic.
This in turn suggests a simple bijective correspo
and the full article can be downloaded there in several formats
including
pdf(http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0603/0603590.pdf)
Irving H. Anellis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.peircepublishing.com
http://www.abebooks.com/home/PEIRCEPUBLISHING
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lature=20
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Trichotomy, the reduction thesis, the development of EGs, etc. all
come =
from Peirce's knowledge of and work in chemistry. In some writings
he mak=
es this explicit.
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[Jerry] This is a curious paragraph.
It is too terse for me to unde
Ben / Jim:
Your ppt file is very imaginative!
Although I am uncertain of how much of it I understand, I enjoyed
looking at it and it brings several questions to mind.
In particular, I am curious about the intended meaning of slide 18.
Why "C2H6 - e" ?
Can you explain your understanding
e:
Subject: ~Re: Trikonicb.ppt Slide 18
From: "Benjamin Udell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 21:46:21 -0400
Jerry LR Chandler
Research Professor
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
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To List:
A number of recent posts have addressed the topics of:
On Jun 19, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Peirce Discussion Forum digest wrote:
Re: Sinsign, Legisign, Qualisign
I am seeking help in understanding the importance of these terms to
individual scholars.
The definitions are reasonably cle
Ben Udell
I presume that many readers of this list are teachers and have =
lectured on these terms. I have been struggling with these terms for =
some time and hope that knowledgable Peircian students can explain
the =
importance of this seemingly disconnected usage of grammar from
various =
perspectives.
Cheers
Jerry
Jerry LR Chandler
Research Professor
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
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Patrick, Jean-Marc.
On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Jean-Marc Orliaguet wrote:
Patrick Coppock wrote:
At 0:11 -0400 25-06-2006, Jerry LR Chandler wrote:
I will be at the Whitehead Conference in Salzburg next week so I
do not anticipate much time for replies.
...
However, for us to believe
Dear Patrick:A few quick notes from Salzburg as I found your comments of interest and perhaps I can clarify some issues.My goals are more concerned with a coherent philosophy of science, especially a coherent relation between chemical philosophy and biological philosophy and medical philosophy. Pe
Dear Jim, Rob and List:Before turning to Jim's post, a couple of comments about the Salzburg conferences.The Whitehead conference attracted about three hundred (300!!) participants. The Chinese are keenly interested in Whitehead. It was rumored that they intend to establish 25 research institutes
To the list:
In response to the query, the Whitehead Conference index is at
www.sbg.ac.at/whiteheadconference/index2.html
It should be noted that I tried to access the site before composing this post
with out success.
I presume that it is a temporary problem.
The Biosemiotics site is:
ww
To the List:The following quote, the fourth and part of the fifth paragraphs, is from Ms. 325, "Pragmatism Made Easy" (We are thankful to Juan Pablo Serra for posting this Ms.)"The particular point that had been made by Bain and that had most struck Green, and through him, the rest of us, was the i
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