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ONT Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry



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Forwarding John Collier's reply
to Joe Ransdell's comments on
Peirce and Information Theory.

Jon Awbrey

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At 09:33 AM 7/29/01, Jon wrote:

> > But I couldn't find any reference to it in John Collier's information 
> article
> > that you refer to, nor do I recall anybody ever referring to it for any 
> reason.
> > Is it all so far off the point as that?
>
>Well, that was a draft that John sent out for comment,
>and so I will pass on your reflections to him, but it
>is our constant vigil to learn what each other knows
>until one day, just maybe, it amounts to something.
>

Right, I didn't know about it. I am surprised, but not
flabbergasted that Peirce wrote something on the
topic. I've printed the article, and will take it with me
when I leave tomorrow. Skimming the material, Peirce
certainly seems to me to be saying the "right" things.

John

John Collier                                  pljdc@alinga.newcastle.edu.au
Department of Philosophy              fax: +61 2 4921 6928
University of Newcastle, NSW 2308 AUSTRALIA
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/pl/Staff/JohnCollier/