Frances to Cheerskep and listers... The serious address of art as a pressing issue is warranted and justified in my opinion. Any attempt to satisfy that goal would furthermore be served well by the use of theories culled from metaphysical philosophy and findings posited from empirical science. The best philosophy at the present seems to be that of idealist realism and its angloamerican brand called realist pragmatism, along with pragmatist categorics and semiotics. My current interest therefore is to do semiotics in a pragmatist vein, and then apply it to the methods of aesthetics and ethics and logics, as well as to artistic problems. My tentative assumption is that open website forums on the internet such as this valued list are a good venue to discuss these concerns. My motive in posting email messages here with the kind indulgence of its members is partly to archive topical subjects so as to invite further study and correction. The key for me in understanding the arts as signs is hence methodical research through systematic inquiry, which road clearly should not be blocked.
