Monthly Archives: August 2012

To Avoid The Abyss

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

We have come to the edge of a moral abyss. The abyss is telling us — “Stop. Do not go this way. Turn and go another way.” A simple message. Easy to obey. But there may be other forces in … Continue reading →

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When It Reigns It Poors

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

Corporate-owned financial institutions pull off the most massive theft of the Common Wealth in American history and the corporate-owned media wring their hands about the “economic downturn”. We are told it’s time for “austerity measures” and “shared sacrifice” — all … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry : 1

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Here are several excursions I made into the subjects of Abduction, Deduction, Induction, and Analogy, comparing Peirce’s first formulations with those in Aristotle and focusing especially on how these forms of inference fit into the Cycle of Inquiry. A lot … Continue reading →

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i write in order to remember myself

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

just so i don’t forget

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Reading C.S. Peirce • New Elements (Καινὰ Στοιχεῖα) : 1

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

Re: Editors’ Headnote from The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 Gmane Archive Threads — New Elements (Kaina Stoicheia) • EP Editors’ Headnote New Elements (Kaina Stoicheia) • EP Editors’ Headnote • Commentary Peirce List, Interest in the reading of Peirce’s “New … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • New Elements (Καινὰ Στοιχεῖα) : 1

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Selections from C.S. Peirce, “New Elements (Καινὰ Στοιχεῖα)” Editors’ Headnote from The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 MS 517. [First published in NEM 4:235–63. This document was most probably written in early 1904, as a preface to an intended book on … Continue reading →

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Light in the Clearing

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

I will keep returning to my core values. I will keep speaking from the center of my experience. Disorder all around me? — What does it matter? As long as there is order in my mind, As long as my … Continue reading →

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Higher Order Sign Relations : 1

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

When interpreters reflect on their own use of signs they require an appropriate technical language in which to pursue these reflections. For this they need signs that refer to sign relations, signs that refer to elements and components of sign … Continue reading →

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