Edwina, List, I have come to the tentative conclusion that Peirce did indeed consider himself to be a theist -- but of a peculiar stripe, I'd add -- yet that there is material in his work that suggests to some -- of course, me included -- that he might have become one and that, in any case, that one finds analyses, such as those in "Evolutionary Love" but also elsewhere, which can be profitably used to support panentheistic arguments.
Finally, I find his theistic analyses problematic as clashing with other ideas he expressed including those which suggest a loving divinity alive and active in the world. In any event, as I noted earlier, the only facet of his work I find problematic is his religious metaphysics which, in my opinion, is much too closely tied to his religious beliefs at that time -- so not a full expression of wholly independent research -- while yet having the admirable goal in my opinion of bringing people closer to a scientific supported acceptance of God. Best, Gary R On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM Edwina Taborsky <[email protected]> wrote: > List > > Further to the article by Soren Brier on Peirce as a panentheist, it’s a > long and, I think, well argued paper, but I particularly recommend the > notes! As Brier says, the argument is vs the ‘watchmaker God’ [ ie, the > external deterministic agent] but sees the universe as an evolutionary > force within the three categories and semiosic triads. > > And see note 22 - vs ‘Concord transcendentalism’, or solely > transcendentalism. > > I note also, Brier’s comment that Peirce’s views are close to ‘quantum > field theory’ [ p 35] > And that Peirce believed in ‘creation ex nihilo [out of nothing] p 36. > > Edwina > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ARISBE: THE PEIRCE GATEWAY is now at > https://cspeirce.com and, just as well, at > https://www.cspeirce.com . It'll take a while to repair / update all the > links! > ► 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 UNSUBSCRIBE PEIRCE-L in the SUBJECT LINE of the > message and nothing in the body. More at > https://list.iupui.edu/sympa/help/user-signoff.html . > ► PEIRCE-L is owned by THE PEIRCE GROUP; moderated by Gary Richmond; and > co-managed by him and Ben Udell.
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