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| | ===INF. Inquiry Into Information=== | | ===INF. Inquiry Into Information=== |
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| | I begin yet another excursion into C.S. Peirce's concept of information. | | I begin yet another excursion into C.S. Peirce's concept of information. |
| | Because Peirce's concept of determination is so deeply involved in his | | Because Peirce's concept of determination is so deeply involved in his |
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| | DET. http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2004-December/thread.html#2197 | | DET. http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2004-December/thread.html#2197 |
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| | | In order to understand how these principles of 'à posteriori' | | | In order to understand how these principles of 'à posteriori' |
| | | and inductive inference can be put into practice, we must | | | and inductive inference can be put into practice, we must |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | I am going to run through the series of concrete illustrations | | I am going to run through the series of concrete illustrations |
| | that Peirce lays out to explain his take on the conceptions of | | that Peirce lays out to explain his take on the conceptions of |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | Let us now take the two statements, S is P, T is P; | | | Let us now take the two statements, S is P, T is P; |
| | | let us suppose that T is much more distinct than S and | | | let us suppose that T is much more distinct than S and |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | Thus the process of information disturbs the relations | | | Thus the process of information disturbs the relations |
| | | of extension and comprehension for a moment and the | | | of extension and comprehension for a moment and the |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | The difference between connotation, denotation, and information | | | The difference between connotation, denotation, and information |
| | | supplies the basis for another division of terms and propositions; | | | supplies the basis for another division of terms and propositions; |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | We are now in a condition to discuss the question | | | We are now in a condition to discuss the question |
| | | of the grounds of scientific inference. This | | | of the grounds of scientific inference. This |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | But there are three distinct kinds of inference; | | | But there are three distinct kinds of inference; |
| | | inconvertible and different in their conception. | | | inconvertible and different in their conception. |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | But these three principles must have this in common that they refer to 'symbolization' | | | But these three principles must have this in common that they refer to 'symbolization' |
| | | for they are principles of inference which is symbolization. As grounds of the | | | for they are principles of inference which is symbolization. As grounds of the |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | | Our next business is to find out which is which. | | | Our next business is to find out which is which. |
| | | For this purpose we must consider that each principle | | | For this purpose we must consider that each principle |
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| | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', | | |'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857-1866', |
| | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. | | | Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982. |
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| | I am forwarding this follow-up message from Joe Ransdell | | I am forwarding this follow-up message from Joe Ransdell |
| | about a reference that is relevant to the discussion of | | about a reference that is relevant to the discussion of |
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| | </pre> | | </pre> |
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