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*Ben Novak* 5129 Taylor Drive, Ave Maria, FL 34142 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 Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Stephen C. Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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