Frances to Ben... Thanks for you comments on my pragmatist interpretations and speculations. There are several motives driving me to muse on pragmatism as both an idealist and realist thrust. The main muse is to explore whether the world of phenomena can be expanded and bracketed with nomena or noumena and epiphenomena to allow an extended grasp of ideals, such as gods and forms. Making good arguments that give sound reasons to believe in theism and deity would be included in this exploration. Finding if there are synechastic objects outside and before semiosis that determine semiosic objects is another search, as well as whether the world of phenomena itself is prone to dispositional tendencies and teleonomic designs and purposive actions. The enlarging of concepts about design is of particular interest to me at the present, as to how broad design ought to be thought of in its various fields and studies. The graphic showing of pragmatist theories like synechastics and categorics and semiotics in visible diagrams that are clear is a further practical motive. Trying to reduce these theories to some essential substance in layouts with labels can be taxing, especially when the icons must be tailored to fit diverse audiences from learning students to learned experts.
(To be continued immediately in a new thread on evolution.) --- Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber [email protected]
