[peirce-l] Re: Epistemological Primacy in Peirce NLC

[Steven Ericsson-Zenith]

Thanks Jim. What do you conclude is Peirce's position in NLC? With respect, Steven On Sep 7, 2006, at 6:48 AM, Jim Piat wrote: ...  I just reread this and your exchange with Patrick, and realize that part of your concern may be whether one's conception of a particular event is differentiated out of the totality of one's experience or if the totality of one's experience is built out of the integration of discrete events.  Viewed in this was I'd say the former.  We differentiate.  We begin by swiming in a continuum of meaning from which we gradually discern and differentiate various nuances.  When I say "we begin by swiming ..."  what I mean is that at some point we awaken biologically and socially to meaning and it is this awaking that I take as the beginning.  Perhaps there is a mode of being beyond what we call meaning -- but what that could possibly mean  is inconceivable to me.   Best wishes, Jim Piat --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com