Hi Gary, list,
You said:
"Secondly, why speak of Peirce's normatives sciences of esthetics, ethics,
and logic as "exalted"?
Who "exalts" them? What a strange expression to use about these sciences."
Is it not *we Peirceans,* who exalts the normative sciences?
I mean, *everybody* knows what the no
Im agree with Edwina. I also agree, that a perfect society is one of social sphere omnipresence and omnipotence, leaving the individuals merely spontaneity, and no will. They are reduced to firstness, but what is done with this their residual spontaneity, secondness and thirdness, is only a matter
Jerry, Gary F,
Jerry, first, I would like to know why you -- or, for that matter, anyone
-- can speak for all list members on any matter? ("like everyone else on
this list")
Secondly, why speak of Peirce's normatives sciences of esthetics, ethics,
and logic as "exalted"? Who "exalts" them? What a
I personally find the comments by Henry James the elder rather ..I'm
not sure of the word. Not merely naïve but possibly alarming.
I consider that the agenda to develop a 'perfect society' has always
been a basis for totalitarian subjugation - whether it be the
socialism of fas
Gary F,
Thanks for this which I found quite interesting--and it was possible to
read it in 3 minutes!
I am working on a short message to post in this thread to include a
consideration of Suzanne Langer's work in aesthetics and philosophy of
mind, and which may have some bearing on the question. I
Gary F, list,
I, like everyone else on this list I'm sure, am curious as to learn more
about what you mean by this.
Please elaborate, for we all stand in need of a clear explanation for why
it is that a thing as exalted as Peirce's Trivium is merely being
neglected, don't you agree?
So please, te
Gary R, list,
I just came across a piece of the reverse side of Turning Signs that strikes me
as relevant to the “ways in which Peirce's philosophical trivium might help
inform the aesthetics, ethics, and critical thinking of the world as it emerges
from the coronavirus pandemic” — and relevant
Cf: Sign Relations • Semiotic Equivalence Relations 2
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2020/07/03/sign-relations-%e2%80%a2-semiotic-equivalence-relations-2/
A few items of notation are useful in discussing equivalence relations in general and semiotic equivalence relations in
particular. (NB. The
Jon Alan, List
After a private reply from Jon Alan and to my great regret, I find that it
is in my own interest to stop debating with him on this thread. This is not
a personal matter. I will soon propose a general reflection on the biases I
have identified that prevent a serene scientific debate.
