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Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 2021
I argue that the abductive stage of logical investigation benefits from direct contact with objec... more I argue that the abductive stage of logical investigation benefits from direct contact with objects of thought, especially material objects in aggregates. The ubiquity of collecting activity and collections of non-utilitarian material objects in ancient as well as contemporary settings, with increasingly deliberate attention to material objects as implements of thought, demonstrates these benefits. This essay focuses on the logica utens of collecting and the role of collections in detection and discovery. Patricia Turrisi, University of North Carolina at Wilmington turrisip@uncw.edu Abductions may certainly be formulated in the inner space of the mind, in an empty room in the absence of objects of perception and thought, as when one has a "bright idea" inspired by a dream or spontaneous intuition. Such a process substitutes mental representations for objects and relies on meta-data and its selective representation of the features of objects, focusing more typically on already well-formed conceptions, while neglecting unmediated experiences. Objects of thought themselves are generally richer in content than our selective perceptions and memories make them out to be. Rather than presuming a sterile environment for thought that only includes precise representations in the form of propositions that may serve as the premises and conclusions of abductive arguments, let us imagine a lavish environment in which a plenitude of possible objects of thought resides. At times, the economy of research has presided too much over the generation of abductions. Economy in research eliminates not only lines of inquiry but also access to inquiry. Let us instead imagine that economic restrictions on time and
Abstract: A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under s... more Abstract: A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful conditions involving a high risk to the thinker’s well being if the guess is wrong, is able to make the right guess more often than mere chance would dictate. In two cases c. 1907, Peirce asserts that mere chance does not suffice to explain a true guess. But the “vera causa of true guessing ” involves a trick that the thinker must play on himself in order to dislodge the interference of his own ego in the guessing process. I shall analyze the phenomenon of the vera causa, as Peirce describes it in MSS 687 in terms of his notion of the triadicity of a true communication.
While Charles Sanders Peirce did not have what we might think of in the 21 century as an establis... more While Charles Sanders Peirce did not have what we might think of in the 21 century as an established academic teaching career, he spent much of his scholarly efforts on constructing articles, textbooks, lessons, lectures and schemes that would promote a fertile framework for genuine inquiry within a “scientific community of scholars.” What sort of a model for education does pragmatism, after the manner of Charles Peirce’s pragmaticism, offer? How would the infusion of a pragmatic mode of inquiry into education affect the way teaching and learning are understood and practiced? In this paper, I will conceptualize the educational system that is suggested by Charles Peirce’s pragmaticisim and evaluate the differences between a pragmaticist educational scheme and several major current nonpragmaticist models. Key-words: Peirce, pragmaticism, scientific community, education, constructivism. Resumo: Embora nao tenha tido o que podemos conceber, no seculo XXI, como uma carreira docente acade...
Violence: ‘Mercurial Gestalt’, 2008
Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael ... more Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael J. Shaffer Abstract Various scientific disciplines offer radically different accounts of the origin of violence, but it is not clear how the study of violence is to be scientifically grounded. ...
Monist, 1992
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Cognitio Revista De Filosofia, 2005
A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful c... more A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful conditions involving a high risk to the thinker's well being if the guess is wrong, is able to make the right guess more often than mere chance would dictate. In two cases c. 1907, Peirce asserts that mere chance does not suffice to explain a true guess. But the "vera causa of true guessing" involves a trick that the thinker must play on himself in order to dislodge the interference of his own ego in the guessing process. I shall analyze the phenomenon of the vera causa, as Peirce describes it in MSS 687 in terms of his notion of the triadicity of a true communication.
Cognitio Revista De Filosofia Issn 1518 7187 2316 5278, 2005
100 Years of Semiotics, Communication and Cognition
Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking This On© AUE6-ZHD-61A9 ... Preston A. Tlit... more Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking This On© AUE6-ZHD-61A9 ... Preston A. Tlittle Collection, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, Texas Tech University. ... Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking by Charles Sanders Peirce The 1903 ...
Teaching Philosophy, 1991
Semiotica, 2005
Not all reasoning is equal. In addition to there being different types, styles or modes of reason... more Not all reasoning is equal. In addition to there being different types, styles or modes of reasoning, reasoning may be more or less effective in promoting knowledge, and some nominally correct reasonings may actu-ally inhibit the growth of knowledge. Charles Peirce ...
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Resumo Charles Sanders Peirce dedicou muito de seus esforços como estudioso preparando livros-tex... more Resumo Charles Sanders Peirce dedicou muito de seus esforços como estudioso preparando livros-textos, artigos, lições, aulas, palestras e esquemas que iriam promover um fértil arcabouço para a investigação genuína em uma comunidade científica de pesquisadores. Que tipo ...
Violence:'mercurial gestalt', 2008
Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael ... more Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael J. Shaffer Abstract Various scientific disciplines offer radically different accounts of the origin of violence, but it is not clear how the study of violence is to be scientifically grounded. ...
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 2021
I argue that the abductive stage of logical investigation benefits from direct contact with objec... more I argue that the abductive stage of logical investigation benefits from direct contact with objects of thought, especially material objects in aggregates. The ubiquity of collecting activity and collections of non-utilitarian material objects in ancient as well as contemporary settings, with increasingly deliberate attention to material objects as implements of thought, demonstrates these benefits. This essay focuses on the logica utens of collecting and the role of collections in detection and discovery. Patricia Turrisi, University of North Carolina at Wilmington turrisip@uncw.edu Abductions may certainly be formulated in the inner space of the mind, in an empty room in the absence of objects of perception and thought, as when one has a "bright idea" inspired by a dream or spontaneous intuition. Such a process substitutes mental representations for objects and relies on meta-data and its selective representation of the features of objects, focusing more typically on already well-formed conceptions, while neglecting unmediated experiences. Objects of thought themselves are generally richer in content than our selective perceptions and memories make them out to be. Rather than presuming a sterile environment for thought that only includes precise representations in the form of propositions that may serve as the premises and conclusions of abductive arguments, let us imagine a lavish environment in which a plenitude of possible objects of thought resides. At times, the economy of research has presided too much over the generation of abductions. Economy in research eliminates not only lines of inquiry but also access to inquiry. Let us instead imagine that economic restrictions on time and
Abstract: A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under s... more Abstract: A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful conditions involving a high risk to the thinker’s well being if the guess is wrong, is able to make the right guess more often than mere chance would dictate. In two cases c. 1907, Peirce asserts that mere chance does not suffice to explain a true guess. But the “vera causa of true guessing ” involves a trick that the thinker must play on himself in order to dislodge the interference of his own ego in the guessing process. I shall analyze the phenomenon of the vera causa, as Peirce describes it in MSS 687 in terms of his notion of the triadicity of a true communication.
While Charles Sanders Peirce did not have what we might think of in the 21 century as an establis... more While Charles Sanders Peirce did not have what we might think of in the 21 century as an established academic teaching career, he spent much of his scholarly efforts on constructing articles, textbooks, lessons, lectures and schemes that would promote a fertile framework for genuine inquiry within a “scientific community of scholars.” What sort of a model for education does pragmatism, after the manner of Charles Peirce’s pragmaticism, offer? How would the infusion of a pragmatic mode of inquiry into education affect the way teaching and learning are understood and practiced? In this paper, I will conceptualize the educational system that is suggested by Charles Peirce’s pragmaticisim and evaluate the differences between a pragmaticist educational scheme and several major current nonpragmaticist models. Key-words: Peirce, pragmaticism, scientific community, education, constructivism. Resumo: Embora nao tenha tido o que podemos conceber, no seculo XXI, como uma carreira docente acade...
Violence: ‘Mercurial Gestalt’, 2008
Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael ... more Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael J. Shaffer Abstract Various scientific disciplines offer radically different accounts of the origin of violence, but it is not clear how the study of violence is to be scientifically grounded. ...
Monist, 1992
Поиск в библиотеке, Расширенный поиск. ...
Cognitio Revista De Filosofia, 2005
A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful c... more A thinker, confronted with the somewhat improbable task of making a right guess under stressful conditions involving a high risk to the thinker's well being if the guess is wrong, is able to make the right guess more often than mere chance would dictate. In two cases c. 1907, Peirce asserts that mere chance does not suffice to explain a true guess. But the "vera causa of true guessing" involves a trick that the thinker must play on himself in order to dislodge the interference of his own ego in the guessing process. I shall analyze the phenomenon of the vera causa, as Peirce describes it in MSS 687 in terms of his notion of the triadicity of a true communication.
Cognitio Revista De Filosofia Issn 1518 7187 2316 5278, 2005
100 Years of Semiotics, Communication and Cognition
Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking This On© AUE6-ZHD-61A9 ... Preston A. Tlit... more Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking This On© AUE6-ZHD-61A9 ... Preston A. Tlittle Collection, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, Texas Tech University. ... Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking by Charles Sanders Peirce The 1903 ...
Teaching Philosophy, 1991
Semiotica, 2005
Not all reasoning is equal. In addition to there being different types, styles or modes of reason... more Not all reasoning is equal. In addition to there being different types, styles or modes of reasoning, reasoning may be more or less effective in promoting knowledge, and some nominally correct reasonings may actu-ally inhibit the growth of knowledge. Charles Peirce ...
pucsp.br
Resumo Charles Sanders Peirce dedicou muito de seus esforços como estudioso preparando livros-tex... more Resumo Charles Sanders Peirce dedicou muito de seus esforços como estudioso preparando livros-textos, artigos, lições, aulas, palestras e esquemas que iriam promover um fértil arcabouço para a investigação genuína em uma comunidade científica de pesquisadores. Que tipo ...
Violence:'mercurial gestalt', 2008
Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael ... more Theories of Violence and the Explanation of Ultra-Violent Behaviour Patricia Turrisi and Michael J. Shaffer Abstract Various scientific disciplines offer radically different accounts of the origin of violence, but it is not clear how the study of violence is to be scientifically grounded. ...