Dear all,
When I presented the list with the theory of practopoiesis and
suggested that the three traverses can account for abductive reasoning,
I also received a number of questions regarding Peirce's work to which I
had no answers. The reason I had no answers was that I did not know much
about work of Peirce other than abductive reasoning.
Now, I would like to share with you that I have made a bit of a step
forward. One of the questions (or suggestions) that I received was that
perhaps the three levels of organization that I proposed (three
traverses) correspond to the three Peirce's categories: Firstness,
Secondness, and Thirdness.
Meanwhile, I have learned more about Peirce and I think that the
answer is: No. The three levels of organization do not correspond to
these three aspects of our consciousness. Actually, it seems that all
three categories should be assigned to the same level of organization,
and this would be the middle level, which I named anapoiesis.
I always thought that this middle level is the most interesting part
of the theory, as it can produce a fascinatingly rich dynamics to
explain consciousness. Now, it seems to me that 1ness, 2ness, and 3ness
correspond very nicely to different aspects of its dynamics. So, it
appears that this aspect of Pierce's work will be extremely helpful in
the future in describing different aspects of adaptive processes in
tri-traversal systems.
Peirce's philosophy (at least a part of it) may even get some sort of
a foundation in hard sciences, which would be amazing.
I hope that someone finds this useful.
Best,
Danko
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Prof. Dr. Danko Nikolic
Web: http://www.danko-nikolic.com
Mail address 1:
Department of Neurophysiology
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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GERMANY
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Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
Wolfgang Goethe University
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