Peirce is Peirce and cannot be pegged to any philosopher though he seems to think in logic he and Leibnitz share commonality. As to outside and inside, whatever that is, Peirce even before he was a believer was willing to accept the possibility if a deity whose reality could (one day) be proved. Inside or outside as it were. Besides Aristotle's values are lacking. Seriously so.
*@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Clark Goble <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, Peirce was an Aristotelian not a Platonist or NeoPlatonist. The latter > proposes some power or force 'beyond or outside of being' - and Peirce > rejects this. And to define Peirce as a neo-Platonist because he read > Platonists such as Plotinus - is a weak argument. Equally, to define him as > such ..even though he wasn't conscious of it - is even weaker. > > > I don't think the argument is to define him as a Platonist. There are too > many clear ways he's not one. Rather it's to argue for one particular > parallel in their views. Also recall that Plotinus and the others were > attempting to be true to Plato through an Aristotelian lens. So there's not > quite the divide there you suggest. Plotinus in particular is a synthesis > of the two. > > So the argument isn't what you portray it to be. Again, at least read > Parker. Even if you completely disagree with him it's well worth reading. > (I think he's a lurker here, btw. He posts every now and then) > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > [email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to [email protected] 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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