I wonder whether Peirce was being ironic when he wrote in R 645 of Phaneroscopy being “still in the condition of a science-egg, hardly any details of it being as yet distinguishable, though enough to assure the student of it that, under the fostering care that it is sure to enjoy, if the human culture continues long, it surely will in the future become a strong and beneficient science.”
In the light of what’s been said about it by its vociferous opponents on peirce-l, the part about “fostering care” sounds ironic to the point of sarcasm. But then again, the long continuation of “human culture” is, in our time, a bigger IF than ever. When we see the overwhelming ecological facts being ignored by the Powers that Be, it seems extremely unlikely that the “beneficient” potential of any science like Phaneroscopy will ever be developed. Well, if you want to make an Anthropocene, you gotta break some science-eggs. Gary f. From: peirce-l-requ...@list.iupui.edu <peirce-l-requ...@list.iupui.edu> On Behalf Of Gary Richmond Sent: 3-Sep-21 13:27 To: Peirce-L <peirce-l@list.iupui.edu> Cc: Jon Awbrey <jawb...@att.net> Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] André De Tienne: Slow Read Slide 39 JA: "not everything under construction is a science." True. But I'd suggest that there is no good reason to block the way of inquiry of those who think that phaneroscopy, for example, may prove to be a science even if, at present, it remains in my view but a science egg. That it is not yet clear whether it can be fully developed as a science (I believe that there is good to think that it can) is, for me at least, one of the reasons why we're having this slow read. So, those who think phaneroscopy (involving the doctrine of categories) is worth looking further into include not only Andre De Tienne, but to cite again a recent book on the topic, Richard Kenneth Atkins', 2018 monograph, Charles S. Peirce's Phenomenology: Analysis and Consciousness https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190887179.001.0001/oso-9780190887179 GR
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