Hi
Peirce was mathematician and chemist, rather than physicist and greatly
advanced logic as semiotics, that is triadic logic not based on the
principle of identity.
inna
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Magda Gadelha wrote:
> Hi,
> Sorry for the question that is not related to the issues of the list.
> But I'm translating an article on Charles Sanders Pierce and it states that he:
> "made a career as a scientist for the United States Coast Survey, working especially in geodesy and in pendulum determinations".
> I don't know what is pendulum determinations althought I have searched a lot. Is it a physics issue?
> Can anybody help me?
> Thanks in advance.
> Magda Gadelha
> magda2@xxxxxxxxxx
> BRA RIO
>
Peirce was mathematician and chemist, rather than physicist and greatly
advanced logic as semiotics, that is triadic logic not based on the
principle of identity.
inna
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Magda Gadelha wrote:
> Hi,
> Sorry for the question that is not related to the issues of the list.
> But I'm translating an article on Charles Sanders Pierce and it states that he:
> "made a career as a scientist for the United States Coast Survey, working especially in geodesy and in pendulum determinations".
> I don't know what is pendulum determinations althought I have searched a lot. Is it a physics issue?
> Can anybody help me?
> Thanks in advance.
> Magda Gadelha
> magda2@xxxxxxxxxx
> BRA RIO
>