Helmut,
Peirce was opposed to behaviorism in any proper sense, because
behaviorism did not exist by his time. It came into being later.
Behaviorism came from US, and sweeped over the field of anglo-american
psychology later than the span of life of CSP.
The roots of behaviorism come from
Clark, John, list,
I am not nearly as skilled in this subject, and about Peirce-texts as you are, but I am happy to learn, that Peirce was opposed to positivism and behaviourism. Because I always was having the impression, that Peirce was a bit on the positivist side: There is always the
Clark, list,
So this Burkeanism is a quite flexible way of conservativism! I like it, it reminds me of a neuron, if "burden" is replaced with "potential". Or of a Schmitt-trigger (electronic digital switch which fires only at a certain input potential). It even redefines the meaning of
Gary, list,
I think, democracy is a matter of systems theory. But Peirce, I think, did not go into systems theories, as he built a theory of signs in a universal phaneron, which works without having to look at interpreting systems such as individuals, social systems, countries or nations. That
