On Mar 17, 2011, at 2:12 PM, John F. Sowa wrote:
> ....
> In any case, I believe that philosophy today would be in a far healthier
>position if the logicians had followed Peirce, Whitehead, and the later
>Wittgenstein. Instead, they followed Frege, Russell, Carnap, & Quine. (01)
Strongly disagree that philosophy would be healthier, although I would strongly
have agreed had you said simply that we'd be better off if Peirce had been
studied and admired as much as Frege. I have to confess I find both Whitehead
and later W. largely incomprehensible and with little of value to offer modern
knowledge engineering. But hey that's just me. (02)
> P, W, & W had a much deeper appreciation for the nature of natural language.
>F, R, C, & Q rejected NLs in favor of their own "purified" vision. Throughout
>history, the puritans of every religious stripe are the ones that start wars
>and witch hunts. (03)
Oh please. (04)
-chris (05)
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