[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-14 Thread Darrel Summers
ly unremarkable"... that said, plans for the "Probability Drive" should be forthcoming ;-) Darrel Summers From: Gary Richmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:27 PMTo: Peirce Discussion ForumSubject: [peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == "the love

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Gary Richmond
Arnold, Jim, list, I hope you won't mind my posting my response to your personal email, Arnold, as your comments seem most pertinent to the subject of the thread. [Note: off-list I sent Arnold a graphic image: the reflection of teaching as learning which is attached here and should appear

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Gary Richmond
I forgot to include the graphic. Here it is. Gary Richmond wrote: Arnold, Jim, list, I hope you won't mind my posting my response to your personal email, Arnold, as your comments seem most pertinent to the subject of the thread. [Note: off-list I sent Arnold a graphic image: the

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Darrel Summers
Darrel Summers From: Gary Richmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:06 PMTo: Peirce Discussion ForumSubject: [peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == "the love of learning" I forgot to include the graphic. Here it is.Gary Richmond wrote: Arnold, Jim, lis

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Gary Richmond
Darrel, list, You wrote: DS: It would seem my teaching of letters and words may not have had learning in my mind, hence; I am not a teacher. It seems to me that a parent entering into this kind of dialogue with his child certainly has learning "in his mind" at that moment (even if perhaps

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Jim Piat
My six year old daughter (who posed a question about "nothing" some time ago) has been reading at a six year olds level for about a year now (thankfully unremarkable). She came to me recently and said "I learned that words are made of letters at school today". I said "Grace,

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Gary Richmond
Jim Piat wrote: Way cool graphic! Glad you liked it. Here are a few others suitable to a philosophical list. And finally, a related perceptual matter. You've probably seen this before, but it's always somewhat amazing to me (does anyone have a theory as to

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-13 Thread Jim Piat
And finally, a related perceptual matter. You've probably seen this before, but it's always somewhat amazing to me (does anyone have a theory as to why it's iprmoatnt taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae? Dear Gary, There is a lot of research showing the importancethat

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-11 Thread Arnold Shepperson
Jim, Gary, List Great comments, responses, and remarks all round. One of the great disappointments in my somewhat oddball academic career has been the experience of `teachers' who treat their work and their students as a sort of occupational hazard. I have found that there is an enormous

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-11 Thread Gary Richmond
Arnold, Jim, List, Thanks for your good responses especially as there hasn't been much yet to my proposing an inquiry into pragmatic inquiry (perhaps I posted too many Peirce quotations?) But given the near central importance of inquiry to pragmatism (note for example that in Peirce's

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-08 Thread Jim Piat
Dear Gary, I like what you've said about teaching and learning from a Peircean POV. My best teachers were those who encouraged learning by setting a good example of it themselves and also showed a genuine interest in my desires. The teacher and the student are much the same. I also think

[peirce-l] Re: Pragmatic inquiry == the love of learning

2006-09-08 Thread Gary Richmond
Dear Vinicius, Thank you very much for the references. I've printed out the de Tienne and am finding it most valuable. I'll look up the Houser piece as well. Best, Gary Vincius Romanini wrote: Dear Gary, You might want to check this references on the subject. De Tienne, A.