On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 8:25 AM Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> And this is the crux of the debate - the meaning of the terms we use. > Two important elements could be added to this discussion: (1) Peirce said "the capital principle of theism" is the principle "that whatever is is best." This is in Critique of Positivism, MS. 146, in the first paragraph. So, the fact that logic is normative is a key. I would love to read your interpretation of this first paragraph. Perhaps someone could copy and paste it here—I'd have to type it out on my cellphone. Or, perhaps someone could post a link to it—I couldn't find it on the internet just now, although that's where I found it a couple of years ago. (2) Peirce's justification of the anthropomorphism of nature. Matt
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