Stephen, can you say a bit more about what "a reasonable root triad" for your philosophy would look like? I assume it's not Object-Sign-Interpretant, or Firstness-Secondness-Thirdness, otherwise you would have said so instead of asking the question. Does it have to be a triad of values (rather than a semiotic or phaneroscopic triad as in Peirce?)
gary f. From: Stephen C. Rose [mailto:stever...@gmail.com] Sent: 13-Jun-14 9:57 AM To: Peirce List Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: Triadic Philosophy Introduction Can I assume that everyone agrees? Doubtful. Certainly the contention that there are universal values is noit settled. Likewise is there is a such a thing as conscious (intentional) thought? And is there an inherent value in thinking threes? What is a reasonable root triad for such? Lots of questions including the direction implied in the remarks on pragmaticism. As indicated Triadic Philosophy is hardly developed theoretically, though I am working on it. I have tended to validate its premises on the basis of experience somewhat in the matter I infer from reading the NA many times. @stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Stephen C. Rose <stever...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks to Gary R for noting Triadic Philosophy. Insofar as it is a theory it is nascent. As a method of conscious thinking in line with Peirce's NA it is more developed. I have written some short books on the subject and all are available on Kindle. For this thread I will simply post excerpts with a reference to the book from which they are drawn. >From Triadic Philosophy - 100 Aphorisms Introduction Triadic Philosophy is based on what is already within every person on the planet. Conscience. A sense of right and wrong. And knowledge of values that stand above all others. Triadic Philosophy uses aphorisms and maxims to generate conduct. Triadic Philosophy relies on its own adaptation of the pragmatic maxim developed by Charles Sanders Peirce in the 19th century. The pragmatic maxim stated: "Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object." Triadic Philosophy is not concerned with narrowing our conception and limiting it to the result. It is concerned with arriving at specific acts and expressions which are intrinsically ameliorative, that make life better, less harmful, more true, more beautiful. Triadic Philosophy honors Peirce by claiming that it is a tiny offshoot of what he came to mean by the term pragmaticism. This term was his evolution of pragmatism. Pragmaticism is a bastion against the dominant notion that we are all reality is. We are not all of reality. Our individual perceptions are not all reality. Before we are, reality is. After we are, reality remains. Pragmaticism opens the door to a metaphysics based precisely on the premise that by our fruits we shall be known. It is a now metaphysics. It proves out. It is not supposition. We are inevitably social. We are capable of achieving a sense of universality. This universal sense distinguishes Triadic Philosophy. Triadic Philosophy seeks a world based on universal acceptance of universal values. The battle to overcome harm, bullying and war is dependent on a move to nonviolent understandings. This is the signature achievement underlying Triadic Philosophy. >From the Introduction to Triadic Philosophy 100 Aphorisms Kindle Storehttp://buff.ly/1ioYQoA. @stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>
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