List, The subtitle of this book, Before and Beyond Consciousness, brought to my mind one of the serveral metaphysical questions which Ben Brantley, senior theater editor of The New York Times, wrote occurs in the apparently quite philosophical new theater piece,"The Encounter." http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/theater/the-encounter-review.html?_r=0
"Is consciousness possible without memory?" Best, Gary R [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Gary Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > List, > > This looks to be an interesting collection of essays on habit as Peirce > conceived of it. Consensus on Peirce’s Concept of Habit: Before and > Beyond Consciousness > http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319459189 > > About the book: This book constitutes the first treatment of C. S. > Peirce’s unique concept of habit. Habit animated the pragmatists of the > 19th and early 20th centuries, who picked up the baton from classical > scholars, principally Aristotle. Most prominent among the pragmatists > thereafter is Charles Sanders Peirce. In our vernacular, habit connotes a > pattern of conduct. Nonetheless, Peirce’s concept transcends application to > mere regularity or to human conduct; it extends into natural and social > phenomena, making cohesive inner and outer worlds. Chapters in this > anthology define and amplify Peircean habit; as such, they highlight the > dialectic between doubt and belief. Doubt destabilizes habit, leaving open > the possibility for new beliefs in the form of habit-change; and without > habit-change, the regularity would fall short of habit – conforming to > automatic/mechanistic systems. This treatment of habit showcases how, > through human agency, innovative regularities of behavior and thought > advance the process of making the unconscious conscious. The latter > materializes when affordances (invariant habits of physical phenomena) form > the basis for modifications in action schemas and modes of reasoning. > Further, the book charts how indexical signs in language and action are > pivotal in establishing attentional patterns; and how these habits > accommodate novel orientations within event templates. It is intended for > those interested in Peirce’s metaphysic or semiotic, including both senior > scholars and students of philosophy and religion, psychology, sociology and > anthropology, as well as mathematics, and the natural sciences. > > Best, > > Gary R > > [image: Gary Richmond] > > *Gary Richmond* > *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* > *Communication Studies* > *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* > *C 745* > *718 482-5690 <718%20482-5690>* >
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