Other stuff found in that amazon review of Royce was:
In Part II of the book, "The Real World and the Christian Ideas", Royce attempts to articulate a "metaphysics of the community" that supports the ideals he developed in Part I. Late in his career, Royce became deeply influenced by the thought of Charles Peirce, as this book shows in detail. By expanding upon Peirce's logical studies, Royce argued that the traditional philosophical dichotomy between perception and thought (precept and concept) was not all-encompassing. Instead, Royce argued, there was a third way of human knowing, through interpretation, where one person, A explained a matter B to another person (or to oneself) C. Royce used as well Peirce's theory of signs, in which an object became a sign for one person to explain and interpret to another. This interpretation was a historical process encompassing the past, present and future and in developed in a dialogue over time. Through a process of interpretation, individuals came to know their own minds and those of others and to establish ever-expanding concepts of community. The community of Christian ideals for Royce, expanded and developed with time in a "life of the spirit". For Royce, as an idealist, interpretations were not merely subjective but tended towards an understanding of the real as the object of the community of interpretation. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
