Category Archives: Identity

Mathematical Demonstration and the Doctrine of Individuals • 2

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce’s “Logic Of Relatives” (1870) In reference to the doctrine of individuals, two distinctions should be borne in mind.  The logical atom, or term not capable of logical division, must be one of which every predicate may … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Demonstration and the Doctrine of Individuals • 1

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce’s “Logic Of Relatives” (1870) Demonstration of the sort called mathematical is founded on suppositions of particular cases.  The geometrician draws a figure;  the algebraist assumes a letter to signify a single quantity fulfilling the required conditions.  … Continue reading →

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Individuality, Identity, Teridentity • 1

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Some problems cannot be solved in the paradigms where they first appear, which is why we keep recurring to them without quite freeing ourselves from the loops in which they ensnare us.  Questions about the supposed uniqueness of supposed individuals … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Demonstration and the Doctrine of Individuals • 2

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce’s “Logic Of Relatives” (1870) In reference to the doctrine of individuals, two distinctions should be borne in mind.  The logical atom, or term not capable of logical division, must be one of which every predicate may … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Demonstration and the Doctrine of Individuals • 1

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Selection from C.S. Peirce’s “Logic Of Relatives” (1870) Demonstration of the sort called mathematical is founded on suppositions of particular cases.  The geometrician draws a figure;  the algebraist assumes a letter to signify a single quantity fulfilling the required conditions.  … Continue reading →

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