Dear John, list, Thanks for that choice quote to describe phaneroscopy. It seems to be an alternative way of describing the beginning action in aristotle's method of saving appearances. Peirce admitted to doing Aristotle.
Why do you suppose he used different language? Best, Jerry R On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:46 PM, John F Sowa <s...@bestweb.net> wrote: > On 5/1/2017 1:52 PM, Jerry Rhee wrote: > >> You said: "Useful exercise: Finding examples from Peirce's writings >> that show how he related his categories to phaneroscopy." >> >> But first, would you mind giving an off-the-cuff explanation of >> what phaneroscopy is, please? >> > > Peirce's definition (CP 1.284): > >> Phaneroscopy is the description of the phaneron; and by the phaneron >> I mean the collective total of all that is in any way or in any sense >> present to the mind, quite regardless of whether it corresponds to >> any real thing or not. >> > > Sometimes he also called it phenomenology. See below for two > longer quotations. > > I used those two quotations in slide 49 of a talk on "The Virtual > Reality of the Mind". That's a rather long presentation (107 slides), > and the issues related to Peirce are in slides 48 to the end. > http://www.jfsowa.com/talks/vrmind.pdf > > I won't claim that my analysis is definitive, and I hope that other > people might find related examples and comments by Peirce that would > clarify or extend what I said in those slides. > > John > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Phaneroscopy is the description of the phaneron; and by the phaneron > I mean the collective total of all that is in any way or in any sense > present to the mind, quite regardless of whether it corresponds to any > real thing or not. If you ask present when, and to whose mind, I reply > that I leave these questions unanswered, never having entertained a > doubt that those features of the phaneron that I have found in my mind > are present at all times and to all minds. So far as I have developed > this science of phaneroscopy, it is occupied with the formal elements > of the phaneron. (CP 1.284) > > Phenomenology is that branch of philosophy which endeavours to > describe in a general way the features of whatever may come before > the mind in any way... The work of discovery of the phenomenologist, > and most difficult work it is, consists in disentangling or drawing > out, from human thought, certain threads that are seen through it, > and in showing what marks each has that distinguishes it from every > other. (MS 693a) > > Note, by the way, Peirce uses the word 'marks' not 'tones'. This > is one more reason why I believe that the first triad should be > Mark-Token-Type. > > > ----------------------------- > 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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