Well, we are all trying to escape Cartesian dualism. :-) I'm less sure that Peirce succeeded but acknowledge that he certainly tried.
Steven On Aug 16, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Gary Richmond wrote: > Steven, List, > > I think you are making an interesting and important point here in terms of > contemporary terminology, so I want to look into it further. I remember > considering that aspect of your work to be found at the site you just linked > to a while back and at Joe's urging, but I want to do so again in light of my > growing interest in, especially, biosemiotics. > > While I concur that Peirce would have certainly agreed that the position that > "our understanding of the physical world is complete in all important > respects" is unscientific, he strove with all his might to overcome the > Cartesian dualism which he saw evident in most of the science of his day. So, > I'll try to be more current in my usage of "reductionism" in the future. > > Best, > > Gary > > > Gary Richmond > Philosophy and Critical Thinking > Communication Studies > LaGuardia College of the City University of New York > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > 718 482-5700 > > > >>> Steven Ericsson-Zenith <[email protected]> 8/16/2011 3:39 PM >>> > On Aug 16, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Gary Richmond wrote: > > > Reductionism in science doesn't, of course, allow for any such thing. > > I followed you and if I understand you correctly agree until this point. > Although commonly misinterpreted by a 20th Century bias, "Reductionism" does > not actually refer to reduction to "materialism," the view that our > understanding of the physical world is complete in all important respects. As > Penrose has pointed out repeatedly over the past two decades and more, it > clearly is not. Further, such a point of view is not scientific. I think that > Peirce would have agreed. > > Logical reductionism can be rescued if this is made clear. I elaborate on > this point in my work at: > > http://senses.info > > With respect, > Steven > > -- > Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith > Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering > http://senses.info > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L > listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to > [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of > the message. To post a message to the list, send it to > [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L > listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to > [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of > the message. To post a message to the list, send it to > [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
