Phaneroscopy is the description of the phaneron; and by the phaneron I mean the collective total of all that is in any way or in any sense present to the mind, quite regardless of whether it corresponds to any real thing or not. If you ask present when, and to whose mind, I reply that I leave these questions unanswered, never having entertained a doubt that those features of the phaneron that I have found in my mind are present at all times and to all minds. So far as I have developed this science of phaneroscopy, it is occupied with the formal elements of the phaneron.
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Due to this quote I was wondering, why Peirce in other places speaks of multiple "phanerons", or of "a phaneron". To me there are two possible explanations:
1. "Never having entertained a doubt" is two weak negations, that make a merely weak definition, i.e. a possibility. So he did not exclude the other possibility, that there may be distinct phanerons.
2. The phaneron is spatially total, but temporally separable, though, due to the continuity-claim, blurredly separable.
I like number 1 better.
Another question by me is, that "quite regardless of whether it corresponds to any real thing or not" does not exclude the possibility, that it does correspond to a real thing, i.e. include a dynamic object, i.e. be semiotic. Claiming regardlessness to me sounds rather like a scientific method to better focus on the phaneron alone, than like a completely distinct science. But I dont know the exact definition of "science", so ok, I guess, phaneroscopy may be called a science. Setting closer borders of "regard" helps to not miss something.
Did I get everything ok?
Best
Helmut
"Auke van Breemen" <peirce-l@list.iupui.edu>
wrote:
John,
Good points. You might be interested in Ramchandran and Hirstein's : Three laws of Qualia.
Auke
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Gary F> For me at least, �veracity� only applies to stories or propositions that are publicly verifiable.
But a huge amount of information that we get every day is reported by people whose observations cannot be verified by any other sources. When your friends or family discuss their experiences, they rarely have photographic evidence or other confirming sources about what they did or saw.
Over time, we learn that some people are more reliable or truthful than others. We also learn that people whose reports are usually truthful may hide or distort some issues that may be painful or embarrassing.
For dreams and feelings, the subject's introspective reports are the only sources for the details. But neuroscientists have found those reports to be extremely valuable for interpreting the data they receive from brain scans.
Modern technology can provide important resources for enhancing the science of phaneroscopy.
John
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