Shekdrake mentions Peirce in his banned TED talk but pm;y in passing. I feel Peirce and Wittgenstein were saying much the same thing in very different ways. Nietzsche can probably be included in terms of 20th-century influence.
amazon.com/author/stephenrose On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Ben Novak <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jon, Stephen: > > I would like to propose another question, related to the ones raised by > Jon, for the List's consideration; namely: > > What is the relation of Peirce's ideas, insights, or procedures to the > work of other twentieth century philosophers and philosophic > questions--whether or not there is evidence of direct contact? > > For example, there has been significant discussion on various threads of > the concept of nothing, and existence, among others. I have often felt that > these discussions are directly relevant to much of the work of twentieth > century existentialists. I am particularly interested in Heidegger, and > feel that there are many concepts of Heidegger that would be enriched by > meshing them with Pierce, and vice versa. > > For example, I think that discussion of the thought of Peirce in relation > to the thought of many other, later philosophers, might provide the basis > of a very fertile synthesis of Continental and American philosophy. > > From another angle, there are many philosophers attempting to deal with > the results of quantum physics who are dealing with ideas that could be > much clarified by Peirce's thinking. Attached is a pdf of a book review of > mine in the *Review of Metaphysics* reviewing Peter J. Lewis,* Quantum > Ontology: A Guide to the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics,* in which I > attempt to convey the challenge to philosophers raised by Lewis. In that > review I mention Bernard d'Espagnat's *Quantum Physics and Philosophy*, > which in my view raises a host of issues that Peirce's thinking would deal > with differently. > > In other words, I would like to see some discussion by participants on > this thread of other disciplines, philosophers, and philosophies that are > wrestling with problems or ideas that Peirce dealt with, from the > perspective of helping others by showing how Peirce's thought could clarify > or extend what they are dealing with. > > Ben Novak > > > > *Ben Novak* > 5129 Taylor Drive, Ave Maria, FL 34142 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5129+Taylor+Drive,+Ave+Maria,+FL+34142&entry=gmail&source=g> > Telephone: (814) 808-5702 > > *"All art is mortal, **not merely the individual artifacts, but the arts > themselves.* *One day the last portrait of Rembrandt* *and the last bar > of Mozart will have ceased to be—**though possibly a colored canvas and a > sheet of notes may remain—**because the last eye and the last ear > accessible to their message **will have gone." *Oswald Spengler > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Stephen C. Rose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I shall be interested. I amend my widely discredited remark. I am sure >> there was some dissing of Brent but I cannot place it. I did find a few >> positive notes that related to a quote from Benjamin on page 19 professing >> the existence of the deity. Neither of the two folks involved has been here >> of late. It might be interesting if some who read here have questions to >> see if we could move past the sort of exegetical questions that arise from >> analyzing passages. >> >> amazon.com/author/stephenrose >> >> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Stephen, List: >>> >>> These are outstanding questions, in my view worthy of their own thread. >>> I may offer a few answers after some "chewing" on my own. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA >>> Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman >>> www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Stephen C. Rose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> These are some issues we might chew on. >>>> >>>> Does Pierce's influence extend beyond the academy? >>>> >>>> Did Peirce see ethics and aesthetics as essential to triadic thinking? >>>> Did he intend his philosophy to have wide influence beyond the scientific >>>> community? >>>> >>>> Are there any public intellectuals who have depended on Peirce. >>>> >>>> In what sense, if any, was Peirce critical of "binary thinking? >>>> >>>> When Peirce compared himself to Aristotle was he looking to have >>>> universal influence? Does he? >>>> >>>> How did Peirce wish his thinking to evolve? Or did he? >>>> >>>> Given the fact that the Brent bio. seems sidely discredited, is a new >>>> biography likely? >>>> >>>> amazon.com/author/stephenrose >>>> >>> >> >> >> ----------------------------- >> PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON >> PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to >> [email protected] . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L >> but to [email protected] 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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