Gary, list your comments, which I largely approve of, seem a little tinged with relativism (all the theories are equal). but this is probably due to the position of moderator. this is the reason why I think that the "generosity of attitude" should be balanced by the principle of charity (to be handled with moderation) without which there is a risk of going in circles. in my rugby country (Catalonia north) we say "virile but correct" ... ;-)
Best regards, Robert Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 01:30, Gary Richmond <[email protected]> a écrit : > List, > > It would once again appear that Edwina and John expect everyone to have > always and only the same interests as they do. Edwina, for > example, characterizes anything else, notably, theorizing, as "an > irrelevant exercise" undertaken only by people who "prefer the isolation > and comfort of what [she calls] 'the seminar room'. . . far, far, far from > the real empirical objective world." Well, that's her opinion. I, for one, > do not share it. > > As I have argued in the past, those of us who have other interests and > points of view find this intolerance a downright offense to free inquiry. I > consider the apparent conviction that, for example, all the relevant > theories in Peirce's semeiotic are *settled* and that only practical > applications are worthy of further investigation, narrow-minded and > misguided in the extreme. As I recently remarked, it takes but a glance at > the last several years of journal issues of *Transactions of the Charles > S. Peirce Society *to see that semeiotic theory is not only alive and > well, but is growing, evolving. There is, in the view of many, many Peirce > scholars, much more theoretical work to be done. > > As I have said before and even all too recently, as list moderator I see > this continued intolerance for the views of others on this list as > amounting to little more than an attempt at seeking "to block the way of > inquiry." In his comments on the 'General Character of the Forum', Joseph > Ransdell, the founder of this forum, referred to the opposite of this > narrow-mindedness as "generosity of attitude." > https://arisbe.sitehost.iu.edu/PEIRCE-L/PEIRCE-L.HTM#forum-character > > I will remind Peirce-L members that I serve as moderator of this list > solely at the pleasure of The Peirce Group which has always given me its > full support for my moderation principles and practices. Is there really > anyone in this forum who is prepared to argue again this principle of a > "generosity of attitude" as just set forth? If so, I would be eager to read > that argument. > > Gary Richmond (writing as list moderator) > > "Time is not a renewable resource." gnox > > *Gary Richmond* > *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* > *Communication Studies* > *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* > > > > > >
----------------------------- 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 .
