I will quibble with Jon's view that
"scientific knowledge rests on results that are reproducible".
I would consider that to refer to 'mechanical knowledge' (Secondness) for
the scientific approach acknowledges the reality, which also means the
'probability-to-be-actual' (Secondness) , as Peirce insisted, of 'chance,
freedom' or Firstness.
Chance events are never, by definition, reproducible. Only mechanical
processes are such, and scientific knowledge has to acknowledge the reality
of all three modes, not just those that are in Secondness and Thirdness (,
as Jon also pointed out with reference to Thirdness... "It is knowledge of
particulars in general terms". )
We can of course, quibble over what is 'knowledge' and what is 'approach,
attitude and so on' but I'm not into needles-on-a-pin.
Edwina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Awbrey" <[email protected]>
To: "Peirce List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 10:42 AM
Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Scientific Attitude
Peircers,
The beginnings of some thoughts that have been
bubbling on the back burner for a while now.
I'll bring them to bear on Peirce business
when they're more fully cooked ...
Regards,
Jon
Post : Scientific Attitude : 1
http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/03/10/scientific-attitude-1/
Date : March 10, 2015 at 10:24 am
There is an outlook on the world that I call the Scientific Attitude (SA).
There are times when the “A” is better served by apperception, approach,
or attunement, but attitude will do for a start.
The scientific attitude accepts appearances, as appearances,
but it does not stop there — it inquires after the possible
realities that would both save and solve the appearances.
Reality is what persists and the scientific attitude accepts its
limitation to what persists. Thisness and thatness may come and go,
but scientific knowledge rests on results that are reproducible.
It is knowledge of particulars in general terms.
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