A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God
Resource ID
28261
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
A. MS.
description
Published, in part, as 2.755-772, except 757nl (pp. 44-108, except 86-87). Unpublished: Dedication "to the friend of my dreams." Autobiographical notes on CSP's early interest in logic. Neglected ("Humble") argument presented. Logical critic. The nature of real doubt and inquiry. Man's tendency toward correct conjectures illustrated. Retroduction and deduction. The division of signs into iconic, indexical, and symbolic. Two kinds of deductions: definitory and ratiocinative. The correction of crude induction, e.g., argument against miracles. Scholastic realism.
general index
Autobiographical references, logical Critic, Deduction, definitory, Doubt, God, existence and reality of, Icon (see also Signs classification of), Index (see also Signs), Induction, Inquiry, Miracles, Scholastic Realism, Reality of God, Religion, Retroductions (see also Abduction), Scholastic realism, Sign(s), Symbol
pagination
pp. 1-134 (p. 27 and pp. 109-120 missing), with 40 pp. Of variants and 1 p. ("Contents of G")
Date
1905~
number
MS0842_095
abbreviated title
(G)
date (Robin)
c. 1905