What sign are you, Jon? Sorry, I couldn't resist ...
>From your comment, it sounds like you are working with a debased concept of >"aesthetics" which many confuse with Peirce's normative science which goes by >that name, thus breaking its cognitive continuity with the realms of empirical >science and common sense. I think John Kaag's recent book Thinking Through the >Imagination could be a good corrective for that tendency, with its focus on >the logic of abduction. Gary f. -----Original Message----- From: Jon Awbrey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11-Feb-16 09:47 Adrian, List, I would start with the three normative sciences of aesthetics, ethics, and logic. When semiotics becomes normative it falls within logic, so I would worry whether pure aesthetics has much to do with objective or even interpretive meaning, that is to say, semantics or pragmatics. Just a worry, I will have to think on it a while. >From where I see it, concerned primarily with applications to scientific >inquiry and empirical data, the discussion of Peirce's categories over the >last 20 years or so has undergone such debasement that it now borders on a >style of philosophical astrology. Regards, Jon
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