Stephen R., List: According to Peirce, ethics *cannot *precede esthetics (note his preferred spelling), because in order to determine which ends of action we *ought *to pursue, we must first determine what is admirable *in itself*--and that is precisely the domain of esthetics. As *normative *sciences, esthetics/ethics/logic correspond to 1ns/2ns/3ns since they are concerned with identifying and cultivating good habits of feeling/action/thought.
Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Stephen Curtiss Rose <stever...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know Peirce's ordering and think it could be amended because it is in > its present form more a speculation than an articulation of a mode of > action. Ethics should precede Aesthetics and the third should be seen in a > triad. Seems to me logic transcends and is in all elements of the triad. > Going back to Peirce's statement seems to me to suggest that there the > matter rests. It doesn't. > > amazon.com/author/stephenrose > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 9:35 AM, John F Sowa <s...@bestweb.net> wrote: > >> Mike, Edwina, and Stephen >> >> MB >> >>> I apologize for the length >>> >> >> Don't apologize, I agree with Edwina: >> >> ET >> >>> Thank you so much for this scholarly, definitive analysis >>> of the term of 'action' within Peircean research. >>> >> >> It also shows the need for an easily searchable, chronological >> ordering of well-edited transcriptions of all MSS by Peirce, >> linked to high-quality digitizations of the originals. >> >> ET >> >>> So the basic differentiation between the two types of action >>> should be: physical vs mental. >>> >> >> Yes, but note that Peirce said that the first non-degenerate >> Thirdness coincides with the origin of life. That means that >> 'mental' should be qualified as quasi-mind to avoid the claim >> that bacteria have minds at the same level of a bird or mammal. >> >> SCR >> >>> it might be helpful to see if there is any way that aesthetics >>> could be brought in as characteristic of thirdness -- truth, >>> beauty, goodness, etc. >>> >> >> As soon as you introduce the term 'mental' that leads to the >> normative sciences for value judgments about the mental aspects. >> The first is aesthetics, which determines value judgments about >> what is perceived; second is ethics for judgments about action; >> and third is [normative] logic for judgments about reasoning. >> >> John >> >
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