Phyllis Chiasson wrote:
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>I wonder how Neglected Argument would be generally perceived today had Peirce
>chosen to write it as A Neglected Argument for the Reality of Love? The God
>word is almost as polarizing today as Republican and Democrat. In his time, I
>would think that
Excellent! Serendipitously I just got through reading the article “Belief”
in W. W. Quine’s QUIDDITIES: AN INTERMITTENTLY PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY! Let me
see if I can properly apply it. “Belief” is basic to thought. “To believe is to
think, in one very limited sense of the latter versatile verb.”
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From: Phyllis Chiasson [mailto:ath...@olympus.net]
Sent: 22-Jun-14 8:53 PM
To: Jeffrey Brian Downard; Gary Fuhrman; peirce-l@list iupui. edu
Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: PEIRCE-L] De Waal seminar chapter 9, section on God,
science and
rom: Phyllis Chiasson [mailto:ath...@olympus.net]
Sent: 22-Jun-14 8:53 PM
To: Jeffrey Brian Downard; Gary Fuhrman; peirce-l@list iupui. edu
Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: PEIRCE-L] De Waal seminar chapter 9, section on God,
science and religion: text 1
My experience with NA has lead me to similar understand
: [PEIRCE-L] Re: PEIRCE-L] De Waal seminar chapter 9, section on God,
science and religion: text 1
My experience with NA has lead me to similar understandings. If God and love
are synonymous terms, as even many fundamentalists will agree. And if love
(&justice) are Real forces as Peirce
Gary M, to answer your question about my previous post, where I wrote "But this
general person [God] is still not real independently of the believer’s belief" —
My point was that the pragmatic effects of belief in [a benign] God are real
and observable only because the believers have actually
My experience with NA has lead me to similar understandings. If God and love
are synonymous terms, as even many fundamentalists will agree. And if love
(&justice) are Real forces as Peirce says, then love and/or God is (or can be)
physically efficient. The future effects of said efficiency rely
