Title: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological
laws" is Pei
Joe, list,
I certainly agree with you. Indeed Peirce even writes: "It
is not to be supposed that the first three methods of settling opinion
present no advantage whatever ovr the scientific method. On the
contrary each has some pe
Gary says:
"The social principle is rooted in logic, and logic is rooted in the
social principle. If that ain't circular, what is?"
(See below for context)
REPLY:
Well, Gary, it looks like some fancy footwork with the term "is rooted
in" might have to be resorted to if we are to save Peirce on
Jim W. says:
"Pyrryo, of course, claimed that 'suspension' yields peace of mind."
REPLY:
Yes, but then again Pyrrho wasn'y supposed to be making any assertions
at all, being the sort of sceptic he purported to be! But,
yes, sure, This or something like this has always seemed to
me to be the
Title: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological
laws" is Pei
Martin -- and Bill:
Martin, I find what you are saying both plausible and resulting in a
gemerally consistent view. Something can be done, too, to put a
more positive face on the first two methods, which need not be
construed as n
Hi,
I'm Silvia Redente, and I'm writing a thesis for my specialistic degree about Peirce and Saussure.
My dissertation is about the semiotic approach to Peirce' philosophical tendency in symbolic thought.
In accordance with Saussure' semiology, I'm going to show the way in which the two authors
Bill, Kirsti, et al:
In my earlier message I mischaracterized the method he describes
in MS 165. And of course what later becomes the fourth
method or method of reason is only alluded to rather than described
except in the last paragraph of this MS where he talks about "the
Children of This Wor
Joe, thanks for that pointer to Jeff Kasser's paper; it clears up many
of the questions i've had lately about what Peirce meant by
"psychologism" (and "psychology").
However i'm inclined to question Jeff's emphasis (in the middle of the
paper) on the circularity of "psychologistic" approaches t
Joe and list,
It is difficult to tell exactly what those two psychological laws are from the text. (preceding the quote below) It is also difficult to frame them universally. Either we talk of all men at all times or some men at all times or all men at some time or another. I think we could talk
Title: [peirce-l] Re: What "fundamenal psychological
laws" is Pei
Joe, Kristi, list,
At the risk of offering a post hoc, ergo propter hoc
argument, I'll try looking at the issue from the prespective of
Peirce's more mature views.
I consider the "Fixation" essay to be organized around
a sort of
Bill, Kirsti, and list generally:
Let's go back to a short MS from 1869-70 (available on-line,
from Vol 2 of the Writings), which is the earliest MS I am
aware of -- but not necessarily the earliest one there is -- in which
we find Peirce explicitly approaching logic, in what is
clearly a pro
Kristi, Joe, list:
The human is a social animal, born into a social group
which typically has a full array of habits, customs in place. That strikes
me as a given. "We've always done it that way, and that's the way it will
be done" seems to me what Peirce is talking about as tenacity prop
Dear Joe,
Thanks for your response and the quote. On second thoughts, informed with the quote you provided, some kind of evolution seems to be involved. But, being evolution of a conception, it must be of logical nature. I can't see how it could hold as a hypothesis of evolution of either individu
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