Gary R., Ben, List: Perhaps what you have in mind are these remarks by Peirce, from the Commens Dictionary entry <http://www.commens.org/dictionary/term/esthetics> for "esthetics."
CSP: [P]hilosophical esthetics (which becomes something very different from the study which the noun usually designates) studies the characters which will belong to the phenomenon so far as it is controllable, that is, the characters of what is aimed at. Thus, the question, What is the *summum bonum*, is regarded as an esthetical question. (R L107, 1904) This statement also seems relevant. CSP: My notion is that there is a study of esthetics, not the exclusive pleasure-ground of those who spend their lives in the delights of art, nor yet particularly considering conduct, but a study to make out what it is wherein the fine, the adorable, the noble, is such. (R 602, no date) Peirce seems to have clearly recognized that his first branch of normative science was not the same as what was commonly called "aesthetics" or "esthetics" in his day. Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt / twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 8:32 AM Gary Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, List: > > BU: I don't know what my source was. I hate to think that I simply > transmuted somebody's suggestion into Peirce's name choice. > > GR: I might have been your source. At the time you wrote that Wikipedia > article of was thinking of Peirce's use and spelling of esthetics, that he > had a scientific meaning in ming, viz., the pursuit of the "summum bonum" > of science which he had tentatively determined to be "the reasonable in > itself." I believe there is a Peirce source for that as opposed tt > aesthetics as the "*Study of the good, the admirable*" but I can locate > it the moment. > > Best, > Gary R (from Brussels with little juice left in my computer. > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 4:13 PM Ben Udell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wrote many years ago in the Wikipedia article on Peirce's >> classification of the sciences >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_the_sciences_(Peirce), >> in the table of sciences: >> >> i. Esthetics. *(Study of the good, the admirable. Peirce reserved the >> spelling "aesthetics" for the study of artistic beauty.)* >> >> I don't know what my source was. I hate to think that I simply >> transmuted somebody's suggestion into Peirce's name choice. >> >> Best, Ben >> >
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