Re: C.S. Peirce • Objective Logic

o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o

Note 5

o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o

Objective Logic (cont.)

Having thus worked out a tolerable conception of Being, we turn to modes of being.
But these are metaphysical conceptions.  Let us first inquire how the validity of
''any'' metaphysical conception is to be determined.  For this purpose we have only
to apply the principles of Speculative Rhetoric.  We sketch out the method and apply
it to a few metaphysical conceptions, such as Reality, Necessity, etc.  In process of
this, we discover that all such metaphysical conceptions are but determinations of the
categories, and consequently form a regular system.  We also find that they can be held
as valid only in approximative and imperfect senses.

— Charles S. Peirce, “Minute Logic” (1902), CP 2.117

o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o

academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey
inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/
mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey
oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey
word press blog 1: http://jonawbrey.wordpress.com/
word press blog 2: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/