Re: SUO: Re: Thirdness vs Local Inconsistencies

[Chris Menzel <cmenzel@tamu.edu>]

Thanks for the interesting and informative history lesson, John.
Peirce's work has certainly not received the attention it has deserved,
and it is a shame it was not known well enough to provide some
balance to the influence of Principia Mathematica and some of the
subsequent philosophy that it inspired.

-chris

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:13:01PM -0400, John Sowa wrote:
> 
> Tom,
> 
> There are many complex reasons why the history of logic turned
> out the way it did, and it really isn't a conspiracy.  It is
> more the result of large numbers of historical accidents,
> trends, fads, personal grudges, and just plain oversights.
> ...