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ABSOLUTISM
From WHY C. S. PEIRCE MATTERS
FROM A BINARY WORLD TO THE RISE OF TRIADIC AWARENESS
CP 1.158. "As there is nothing to show that there is not a certain amount of absolute spontaneity in nature, despite all laws, our metaphysical pigeon-holes should not be so limited as to exclude this hypothesis, provided any general phenomena should appear which might be explained by such spontaneity."
It is not Peirce nor I for that matter who is absolute, but those who claim that laws do not admit of some possible exception. Peirce admits that his fallibilism, admission of exceptions, is hardly original. But it is integral to his pragmaticism as it is to triadic philosophy.
The point is that we must always be open to change and improvement, always ready to admit error and to reject modes of thinking that close the door on options.
While science may give lip service to this as a given, the tendency to take one or another side in a yet-unresolved conflict is an occupational hazard. This the fate of psychic matters in academic circles, even in the face of clear research.
Absolutism is not some far off phenomenon. It is a quality of every binary assertion.
From WHY C. S. PEIRCE MATTERS
FROM A BINARY WORLD TO THE RISE OF TRIADIC AWARENESS
CP 1.158. "As there is nothing to show that there is not a certain amount of absolute spontaneity in nature, despite all laws, our metaphysical pigeon-holes should not be so limited as to exclude this hypothesis, provided any general phenomena should appear which might be explained by such spontaneity."
It is not Peirce nor I for that matter who is absolute, but those who claim that laws do not admit of some possible exception. Peirce admits that his fallibilism, admission of exceptions, is hardly original. But it is integral to his pragmaticism as it is to triadic philosophy.
The point is that we must always be open to change and improvement, always ready to admit error and to reject modes of thinking that close the door on options.
While science may give lip service to this as a given, the tendency to take one or another side in a yet-unresolved conflict is an occupational hazard. This the fate of psychic matters in academic circles, even in the face of clear research.
Absolutism is not some far off phenomenon. It is a quality of every binary assertion.
