List, Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, like Clark I too am a bit behind in my reading and reflecting on the posts in this thread (I've managed to read each one through but once). I hope to do much more reflecting by early next week.
Meanwhile, my own sense is that one possible strength of Peirce's theory lies in his philosophical* summum bonum*, namely, the notion of our seeking the 'reasonable in itself'. It follows that--and here one perhaps necessarily goes beyond a consideration of democracy--when this *summum bonum* is offered in consideration, now not of mere science, but of what have been called the 'wicked problems' confronting humanity and the world, that one might hope for approaches (if not exactly solutions) which appear reasonable for those communities of interest hoping to address them. Regarding those 'wicked problems' (you probably have your own short list, while mine, I must admit, is quite long), Douglas Schuler today wrote: There is no "answer" or "solution." I think the approach that we must take (with no guarantees of success) is straightforward: we must build the necessary intellectual-emotional-normative-social-organizational infrastructure that *could* enable us to move forward. The name I use for that is "civic intelligence." Here's an online slideshow outlining Schuler's idea of 'civic intelligenc'. http://www.slideshare.net/dougschuler/improving-civic- intelligence-repairing-the-engine-on-a-moving-car It seems to me that 'civic intelligence' is in some ways anticipated by Peirce and, possibly, facilitated by certain ideas in his philosophy. I'll leave it at that for now, but hope to connect Peirce's philosophy to Schuler's approach (as well as that of my colleague, Aldo de Moor's 'community sense') next week. O 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>* On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Clark Goble <cl...@lextek.com> wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Helmut Raulien <h.raul...@gmx.de> wrote: > > So, if Peirce wrote things about democracy, was opposed to female > suffrage, and thought that a community should be ruled by an authoritative > government, then I think that this is not relevant. He was out on a limb > then, I presumptuously guess. > > > One should note that the Burkean style of conservative was opposed to > suffrage. It then quickly embraced it once it became clear (especially in > the UK) that women actually shared their views on most matters. While again > I’m not sure of Peirce’s views here, his critical common sensism clearly > shows some influence from the broad contours of Burkeanism and its concern > for tradition. > > A way of viewing this is that this style of conservatism requires a burden > of proof to be met for significant change. (I’d say radical, but that’s > perhaps too strong given the tendency to fear radical change and fight > against it) In a certain way the level of democratic consensus necessary > for these changes is a way of meeting that burden. Thus the small c > conservatives would oppose change precisely in order in a community level > for this burden to be met. Once met and it didn’t show significant > practical problems then these types of Burkeans would consider it part of > their tradition and become strong defenders. This method seems very alien > and confusing but is a significant part of conservatism in both the > American and British traditions. As I said I strongly suspect that’s where > Peirce is. > > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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