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SUO: Re: Peirce's MS 514




John F. Sowa wrote:
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> Chris,
> 
> I agree with your "niggling points" as I do with Pat's
> "quibbles".  (Which is bigger, a niggle or a quibble?)

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John,

Strictly speaking, they are not really comparable:
niggles are classical while quibbles are quantal.
However, by way of the "correspondence principle"
a quibble approaches a nibble as qu -> n, also,
a niggle asymptotes a squiggle as n -> squ.

Glad I Could Help,

Jon Awbrey

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