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CP 3.425. Psychical forces, such as the spirit of the age, early inculcations, the spirit of loyal discipline in the general body, and that power by virtue of which one man bears down another in a negotiation, together with such physical forces as those of hunger and cold, are the forces which are mainly operative in bringing these philosophers into line; and none of these forces have any direct relation to reason. Now, these men write the larger number of those books which are so thorough and solid that every serious inquirer feels that he is obliged to read them; and his time is so engrossed by their perusal that his mind has not the leisure to digest their ideas and to reject them. Besides, he is somewhat overawed by their learning and thoroughness. This is the way in which certain opinions -- or rather a certain verdict -- becomes prevalent among philosophical thinkers everywhere; and reason takes hardly the leading part in the performance. It is true, that from time to time, this prevalent verdict becomes altered, in consequence of its being in too violent opposition with the changed spirit of the age; and the logic of history will usually cause such a change to be an advance toward truth in some respect. But this process is so slow, that it is not to be expected that any rational opinion about logic will become prevalent among philosophers within a generation, at least. END
I think I have been accurate in inferring that we could say Peirce has a low opinion of the presence of logic among academics and others who wear intellectual hats. He seems to suggest that it takes a generation fro actual logic to gain currency. Since this time delay --in our chronological version of time-- is more of less constant we may assume an ethical and aesthetic lapse of 20 to 30 years before truth in the form of reason and actual deductions dawn on us.
I think it is for this reason that pragmatism came into being. It was in its relatively rarified and abstract form--it was not aimed at the common person--a practical proposal. Triadic Philosophy has made great progress when practiced. It is explicitly crafted as a viable means of locating and accessing consciousness universally. Unheard of and a death blow to the exclusions of intellectual pretension that remain.
The implications f this insight yield new fruit daily. They both echo and predate undertandings that were ahead of their time and are prescient at this point.
The slowness and lag in progress is being truncated by the urgency of truth as it unfolds. The speed of development and of history itself in our future will dwarf past eons and usher in higher frequencies of accessible awareness.
I think I have been accurate in inferring that we could say Peirce has a low opinion of the presence of logic among academics and others who wear intellectual hats. He seems to suggest that it takes a generation fro actual logic to gain currency. Since this time delay --in our chronological version of time-- is more of less constant we may assume an ethical and aesthetic lapse of 20 to 30 years before truth in the form of reason and actual deductions dawn on us.
I think it is for this reason that pragmatism came into being. It was in its relatively rarified and abstract form--it was not aimed at the common person--a practical proposal. Triadic Philosophy has made great progress when practiced. It is explicitly crafted as a viable means of locating and accessing consciousness universally. Unheard of and a death blow to the exclusions of intellectual pretension that remain.
The implications f this insight yield new fruit daily. They both echo and predate undertandings that were ahead of their time and are prescient at this point.
The slowness and lag in progress is being truncated by the urgency of truth as it unfolds. The speed of development and of history itself in our future will dwarf past eons and usher in higher frequencies of accessible awareness.
