> On Nov 7, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Jeffrey Brian Downard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Let's take up Peirce's rejoinder to Hegel about the character of the > absolute. He says: "Hegel is possessed with the idea that the Absolute is > One. Three absolutes he would regard as a ludicrous contradiction in > adjecto." (CP, 5.91)
I don’t have time to say much - I want to carefully read over the relevant passages in depth before saying anything anyway. I’d just note that relative to Hegel the dating of the passages becomes pretty important. It’s worth noting too that James sees the main difference between his view and Peirce’s as over the existence of the Absolute. While obviously his logic is quite different from Peirce’s, if we’re analyzing the notions rather than just trying to situate Peirce’s views it’s worth reading James here. http://fair-use.org/william-james/the-meaning-of-truth/preface <http://fair-use.org/william-james/the-meaning-of-truth/preface> (I recognize most of the debate has been when Peirce believed what, but I do hope we get to the point of critiquing it)
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