At 07:13 AM 2011/11/02, Terry Bristol wrote:
I think that it might be helpful to explore the meanings of:
Community of inquiry and Community of interpretation
I think that these are very close if not the same.
The aim of inquiry in pragmatism is no longer
knowledge in the mechanical sense
You may consider the whole passage, CP 5.265 in SOME CONSEQUENCES OF FOUR
INCAPACITIES: THE SPIRIT OF CARTESIANISM. In particular:
We individually cannot reasonably hope to attain the ultimate philosophy which
we pursue; we can only seek it, therefore, for the community of philosophers.
Hence,
Greg –
I take your point.
The difficulty that needs to be resolved is, given that we can and do disagree,
how is it that we come to tentative consensus – and as Peirce and Royce both
project – that we can eventually come to a common understanding of the
universe. The Kuhnian argument – which
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for engaging (and continuing to
engage) with this query around community of inquiry.
All of your posts have been very helpful, confirming for me that community
of inquiry or inquirers is not a Peirce phrase in itself but a well grounded
interpretation,
John,
I have missed all the earlier messages on this thread due to some
changes in my email service, but I think I recall Royce using the
phrase community of interpretation.
Jon
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