Dear Danko,
Before discussing Peirce, I would like to know your understanding of
physical.
Let me quote the definition of physicalism from Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
"The general idea is that the nature of the actual world (i.e. the
universe and everything in it) conforms to a certain condition, the
condition of being physical. Of course, physicalists don't deny that the
world might contain many items that at first glance don't seem physical
— items of a biological, or psychological, or moral, or social nature.
But they insist nevertheless that at the end of the day such items are
either physical or supervene on the physical."
Do you subscribe to this, or your vision of physical is different?
Evgenii
Am 27.03.2015 um 20:50 schrieb Danko Nikolic:
Dear Evgenii,
This is the first time I hear of that definition of matter. It is
interesting. I don't know the implications as I am new to Peirce.
Yes, of course, I would agree that being biological implies that the
mind is a physical phenomenon.
Danko
On 27/03/15 19:34, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote:
This implies that "The mind is a physical phenomenon." Along this
line I would appreciate if you make your statement on what is for
you physical and how it is related to inevitable physical laws.
Peirce's quote in this respect:
“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the
point where the breaking up of this habits is very difficult.”
Evgenii
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