Dear list: I found this article that clarifies the position Peirce would take. Well, if you take this in context of *Man's Glassy Essence* and *The Logic of Relatives:*
“I look upon Mr. Peirce as an extreme nominalist, or, if he prefers it, as a nominal realist soaked with nominalistic opinions. He professes to be a realist, but he rescinds the foundation of realism. Like the bear of the hermit Mr. Peirce throws the stone at the fly of necessary connection, and in doing so kills the philosophy of realism itself... In summing up the result of the whole battle, we find that there is not a single question on which we have to yield or even modify our position. Our position remains the same, while Mr. Peirce's position has become glaringly untenable.” ~Paul Carus, Monist, 1893, *The Founder of Tychism, His Methods, Philosophy, and Criticisms * On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jon, Clark, List, > > Jon wrote: > > I agree; I think that Peirce would have the same distaste for rigid > political ideologies--regardless of where they fall on the spectrum--that > he clearly had for rigid theological dogmas, and for much the same reasons. > > > I agree with Clark and Jon in this. Yes, rigidity and dogmatism block not > only the way of inquiry. > > Best, > > Gary R > > > [image: Gary Richmond] > > *Gary Richmond* > *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* > *Communication Studies* > *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* > *C 745* > *718 482-5690 <718%20482-5690>* > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt < > jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Clark, List: >> >> I agree; I think that Peirce would have the same distaste for rigid >> political ideologies--regardless of where they fall on the spectrum--that >> he clearly had for rigid theological dogmas, and for much the same reasons. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA >> Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman >> www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt >> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Clark Goble <cl...@lextek.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Nov 28, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I prefer to find a value in the 'tension' between bottom-up and top-down >>> solutions which Clark hinted at. I'm not at all sure what Peirce's >>> preferences would be in this matter. >>> >>> As I said Peirce (especially in his mature phase) lived during the rise >>> of Bizmarkian progressivism. While that movement suffered from a lack of >>> humility in terms of what one could control, it also faced a system with >>> little interstate commerce and relatively low technology. The world we live >>> in today is simply radically different in terms of how integrated it is. >>> Peirce may well offer compelling abstract principles. However I’m far from >>> convinced even if we knew his preferences it’d tell us much about how to >>> act today. The world changed too much with the inflection point of WWII >>> decades after Peirce’s death. >>> >>> I think keeping the tension between emergent and top down approaches is >>> important. But far more important is being open to data and testing our >>> solutions. Neither of which is terribly common among politics or activists >>> in particular. There’s lots of confirmation bias and outright dismissal of >>> uncomfortable facts by all sides. That much more than privileging causal >>> directions seems the problem. Or, to put it in Peirce’s terms, we tend to >>> block off inquiry especially when it tends to confirm a preference of the >>> political outgroup. >>> >>> This keeping open inquiry seems to be the greatest value Peirce offers >>> politics and not a popular one (despite a lot of lip service). >>> >> >> >> ----------------------------- >> PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON >> PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to >> peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L >> but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the >> BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce >> -l/peirce-l.htm . >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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