Tag Archives: Reality

You Say “Réseau” • I Say “Rousseau” • 3

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Michael Harris • My Réseau • Networks in Action in French Economics Readers of Peirce know the concept of community is integral to his treatment of inquiry, interpretation, knowledge, reality, and truth.  The following statement is a nice résumé … Continue reading →

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You Say “Réseau” • I Say “Rousseau” • 2

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Michael Harris • My Réseau • Networks in Action in French Economics No true Peircean could fail to be reminded of the following statement whenever the subjects of community or reality come up. The real, then, is that which, … Continue reading →

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You Say “Réseau” • I Say “Rousseau” • 1

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Michael Harris • My Réseau • Networks in Action in French Economics The above two posts by Michael Harris sparked a series of reflections that I have yet to reign in fully but I thought I might pause a … Continue reading →

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Scientific Attitude • 1

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jon Awbrey

There is an outlook on the world I call the Scientific Attitude (SA).  There are times when the letter “A” is better served by apperception, approach, or attunement, but attitude will do for a start. The scientific attitude accepts appearances, … Continue reading →

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Why is there so much falsity in the world?

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Jon Awbrey

Because people prefer falsity to truth, illusion to reality. ⁂ Being the drift of my reflections on the plays I saw at Stratford this summer — King Lear, King John, Man of La Mancha, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Crazy for You, Hay Fever. ⁂ The Beaux’ Stratagem • Masks, Madness, & … Continue reading →

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C.S. Peirce • The Reality of Thirdness

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Selections from C.S. Peirce, “Lowell Lectures of 1903”, CP 1.343–349 343.   We may say that the bulk of what is actually done consists of Secondness — or better, Secondness is the predominant character of what has been done.  The immediate … Continue reading →

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