Dear Stephen,
In support of what you say concerning that we are all a spectrum,
including less than admirable things as well as admirable things, let me quote
something I find admirable from near the beginning of the very same letter of
1908, where Peirce says:
"Unless truth be recognized as public, - as that of which any
person would come to be convinced if he carried his inquiry, his sincere search
for immovable belief, far enough, - then there will be nothing to prevent each
one of us from adopting an utterly futile belief of his own which all the rest
will disbelieve. Each one will set himself up as a little prophet; that is, a
little 'crank,' a half-witted victim of his own narrowness.
But if Truth be something public, it must mean that to the
acceptance of which as a basis of conduct any person you please would
ultimately come if he pursued his inquiries far enough; - yes, every rational
being, however prejudiced he might be at the outset."
Luckily for Peirce, his own definition suggests his prejudiced
political views could be subject to criticism and correction. That is what I am
attempting to do for him here. But there is still blood on his lab coat as far
as I can see.
Gene
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Of Stephen C. Rose
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [peirce-l] "intelligent slaves"
Let me spare you the difficulty of reading the part of my note that was
unintelligible. It should read:
First in this universe is his threes and next his convincing case for realism.
I could cite less than admirable things about numerous heroes of our time and
all it would end up being would be proof that we are all a spectrum and that
somewhere in each of us there are things that are not noted merely because they
are not known or no one cares or they have been hidden.
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On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jon Awbrey
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Ha!
Apart from the possibility of irony, which I commonly find in Peirce
more than others do, I think it is clear that matters of society and
judgment of character were some of Peirce's weakest points, which is
why I switch to Dewey when it comes to practical wit on those scores.
Jon
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