Perhaps Ben's "whiff of Firstness", to which I'm so perplexed by, is a
key. I don't know. All I can do now is store such ideas away
unprocessed, and see if they click with anything that comes up in my
future readings.
Matt
On 10/14/15 4:35 PM, Edwina Taborsky wrote:
Matt - the universe would eventually harden only if it were confined
to the modes of Secondness (individual instances) and Thirdness
(general habits/rules of organization). You are ignoring the reality
of Firstness, which is freedom, spontaneity, diversion.
Edwina
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Faunce" <[email protected]>
On 10/6/15 6:10 PM, Clark Goble wrote:
Clearly there is however a relationship between the values at any
given time and the ideal values. Effectively the universe is working
out the ideal values for any given circumstance.
That's the Peircean way of looking at it. Sometimes I see the world that
way, where Ananke is stronger than Tyche; but other times I see them as
equal partners engaged in an eternal dance. In Peirce's way, the
universe will eventually harden; in the Relativist-Historicist way,
habits will sometimes become more hard in some area, and be loosened in
other areas, and no habit will remain forever hardened. I find this
relativity to be optimistic; and see Peirce's way as leading to death.
Life is creativity (and the best creative space is where there is plenty
of space for repose into law); death is where there is no room or hope
for creativity. Even in sitting back and enjoying the creative work of
Peirce, Beethoven, or God, a large part of the appreciation (the
enrichment) comes from knowing––which comes out most prominently in a
feeling––that this creative work is analogous to your creative work.
Matt
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