Why Peirce ? Peirce's philosophy is a philosophy of science, a fact that should meet with agreement here. As such, his philosophy to some extent includes change.
So far, we have been referring to the necessary (Platonia) and the contingent (actuality). The necessary is timeless and always true, the contingent is imperfect. But what is the relationship between these two worlds ? The world of contingency down here changes with time, but Leibniz and Plato have no way to describe such changes explicitly. With Plato there are no changes except ontologically, and with Leibniz the changes are dealt with using a "pre-established harmony". Peirce deals with change through his concept of tychism, the evolution of all contingent things toward the necessary, his three categories then becoming I the possible, II the actual, and III the necessary. Thus the world of contingency is at least ultimately oriented toward Platonia. Except for life itself, this obviously violates the second law, so I need to research Peirce a little more. Perhaps this is is why he proposes that the laws of physics change with time perhaps to accord with this. Certainly life does improve through evolution. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/3/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
