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What then is thinking in threes? On one level it is a means of preventing conflict from coming to a head. If two objects are busily colliding, it helps to have a third option. It can even be suggested that our minds are triadic, they can spin out conclusions indefinitely. And three is the way to infinity which, by the way, Peirce regarded as real. Thinking in threes is what would have transformed our war on terror into a Sherlock Holmes investigation of the reasons for terrorism and apprehension of those responsible instead of killing vast multitudes of innocent bystanders. In essence, if you cannot resolve anything in a way that will not harm, keep at it until something comes. Tomorrow is always another day. For Peirce there was nothing so felicitous as achieving a bona fide habit. But getting there required try after try until something worked. Triadic Philosophy is a happy move beyond knee-jerk, seat-of-your-pants type thought. It rests on the best thinking that we have. 10. Triadic philosophy sees moral evolution as documentable. Progress results from the conscious spread of democracy, tolerance, helpfulness and non-idolatry. But the frosting on the cake is the placement of aesthetics as the third element in the conscious consideration of reality. *@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Matt Faunce <mattfau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sung, > > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 6:34 PM, "Sungchul Ji" <s...@rci.rutgers.edu> wrote: > > > > Matt wrote: > > > > "Just like 'standing still' is a special case of (062014-1) > > motion, matter is a special case of mind." > > > > > > Do you mean by (062014-1) that "Matter is a necessary condition for > mind" ? > > I didn't mean that. That the special case is a necessary condition for the > usual case? Maybe it's true, but I'm not signing my name to that. > > > Would you agree that > > > > "Just as 'standing still' is assocaited with a zero (062014-2) > > velcoity and motion with non-zero velocities, so matter > > is associated with a zero capacity for thinking while > > mind has non-zero capacity of thinking ?" > > I thought of this. I do agree. > I used to be a relativist. Back then I would've agreed and further > stated that thinking and not thinking are each special states relative to > each other--each seeing itself as mind and the other as matter; or if > keeping short of the absolutes*, each one thinking he has the superior > capacity of mind. But now I tend to think that matter is dormant mind, not > completely dead, and that capacity is not relative.** > > * The pre-quantum physicists must have thought that the special case of > absolute zero velocity was nowhere to be found in the physical universe. > But now there's a Planck-Wheeler time and space so I guess there's a > minimum speed. But that's out of my scope. Is there a similar minimum > capacity for thought? I don't think I'd even understand the answer. > > ** Relativism still nags me. I haven't yet jumped with both feet into > 'extreme scholastic realism'. > > Matt > > > > > It may be that Statement (062014-1) is akin to saying that a glass is > half > > full, whereas Statement (062014-2) is akin to saying that a glass is half > > empty: Both statements are true. > > > > With all the best. > > > > Sung > > __________________________________________________ > > Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology > > Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology > > Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy > > Rutgers University > > Piscataway, N.J. 08855 > > 732-445-4701 > > > > www.conformon.net > > > > > > > > > > > >> You're unnecessarily complicating things. Just like 'standing still' is > a > >> special case of motion, matter is a special case of mind. > >> > >> Matt > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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