The object of reasoning is to find out …
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01/23/the-object-of-reasoning-is-to-find-out-a/

❝No longer wondered what I would do in life but defined my object.❞

— C.S. Peirce (1861), “My Life, written for the Class-Book”, (CE 1, 3)

❝The object of reasoning is to find out, from the consideration of what we already know, something else which we do not know.❞

— C.S. Peirce (1877), “The Fixation of Belief”, (CP 5.365)

If the object of an investigation is to find out something we do not know then the clues we discover along the way are the signs which determine that object.

People will continue to be confused about determination so long as they can think of no other forms but analytic-behaviorist-causal-dyadic-temporal, object-as-stimulus, sign-as-response varieties. It’s true ordinary language biases us toward billiard‑ball styles of dyadic determination but there are triadic forms of constraint, determination, and interaction not captured by S‑R chains of that order.

Pragmatic objects of signs and concepts are anything we talk or think about and semiosis does not conduct its transactions within the bounds of object as cue, sign as cue ball, and interpretants as solids, stripes, and pockets.

References —

• Peirce, C.S. (1859–1861), “My Life, written for the Class-Book”, pp. 1–3 in Writings of Charles S. Peirce : A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857–1866, Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982.

• Peirce, C.S. (1877), “The Fixation Of Belief”, Popular Science Monthly 12 (Nov 1877), pp. 1–15. Reprinted in Collected Papers, CP 5.358–387.
• https://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/bycsp/fixation/fx-frame.htm

#Peirce #Logic #Inquiry #Reasoning #Pragmata #FixationOfBelief

The object of reasoning is to find out …
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01/23/the-object-of-reasoning-is-to-find-out-a/

❝No longer wondered what I would do in life but defined my object.❞
— C.S. Peirce • “My Life, written for the Class-Book” (1861)

❝The object of reasoning is to find out, from the consideration of what we already know, something else which we do not know.❞
— C.S. Peirce • “The Fixation of Belief” (1877)
• https://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/bycsp/fixation/fx-main.htm#CP5.365

If the object of an investigation is to find out something we do not know then the clues we discover along the way are the signs which determine that object.

People will continue to be confused about determination so long as they can think of no other forms but analytic-behaviorist-causal-dyadic-temporal, object-as-stimulus, sign-as-response varieties. It is true ordinary language biases us toward billiard‑ball styles of dyadic determination but there are triadic forms of constraint, determination, and interaction not captured by S‑R chains of that order.

A pragmatic‑semiotic object is anything we talk or think about and semiosis does not conduct its transactions within the bounds of object as cue, sign as cue ball, interpretants as solids, stripes, or pockets.

References —

Peirce, C.S. (1859–1861), “My Life, written for the Class-Book”, pp. 1–3 in Writings of Charles S. Peirce : A Chronological Edition, Volume 1, 1857–1866, Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1982.
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2016/03/16/abduction-deduction-induction-analogy-inquiry-17/

Peirce, C.S. (1877), “The Fixation Of Belief”, Popular Science Monthly 12 (Nov 1877), pp. 1–15. Reprinted in Collected Papers, CP 5.358–387.
• https://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/bycsp/fixation/fx-frame.htm

#Peirce #Logic #Determination #FixationOfBelief
#Inquiry #Intention #Semiosis #TriadicRelations

In the Way of Inquiry • Discussion 1
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01/15/in-the-way-of-inquiry-discussion-1/

Re: In the Way of Inquiry • Justification Trap
• https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/01/10/in-the-way-of-inquiry-justification-trap-a/

Re: Academia.edu • Bhupinder Singh Anand
• https://www.academia.edu/community/5kQ3wL?c=vXZl8g

BSA:
❝Thanks for highlighting what I perceive as some challenging issues in the foundations of what we seek to term as “Knowledge” and “Truth”. … ❞

Hi Bhupinder,

Just by way of venturing a few links between different schools of thought, a very rough hint of the pragmatic approach to truth and knowledge can be found in the following fork of a Wikipedia article I worked on many years ago.

Pragmatic Theory Of Truth
• https://oeis.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Theory_Of_Truth
which begins as follows …

“Pragmatic theory of truth” refers to those accounts, definitions, and theories of the concept “truth” distinguishing the philosophies of pragmatism and pragmaticism. The conception of truth in question varies along lines reflecting the influence of several thinkers, initially and notably, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, but a number of common features can be identified. The most characteristic features are (1) a reliance on the “pragmatic maxim” as a means of clarifying the meanings of difficult concepts, “truth” in particular, and (2) an emphasis on the fact that the product variously branded as belief, certainty, knowledge, or truth is the result of a process, namely, “inquiry”.

Document History
• https://oeis.org/wiki/Pragmatic_Theory_Of_Truth#Document_history

#Peirce #Logic #Inquiry #Knowledge #Truth
#PragmaticMaxim #PragmaticTheoryOfTruth
#FixationOfBelief #ProcessOrientation

❝Few persons care to study logic, because everybody conceives himself to be proficient enough in the art of reasoning already. But I observe that this satisfaction is limited to one’s own ratiocination, and does not extend to that of other men.❞

— Charles Sanders Peirce • “The Fixation of Belief”

#Peirce #Logic #Reasoning #Inquiry #Belief #FixationOfBelief