Reflections on a Poetic Ground in Peirce's Philosophy

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ID8903283
AuthorsIbri Ibri (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume45
Issue3
Pages273-273
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Charles S Peirce Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-1774 • E-ISSN: 1558-9587
PublisherIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/tra.2009.45.3.273
OpenAlexW2051836324
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited5

Is there a poetic ground in Peirce's philosophy? While this question may sound interesting, it is somehow odd, as Peirce is well–known as a logician, and it is also known by scholars that he was not an expert in poetry, literature, art, or even theories concerning art in general. This paper hypothesizes that there is a starting point in his philosophy that is poetical in its nature. Moreover, Peirce's system is obviously logical in its form, but also keeps the spirit of the original silent feeling of poetry that seems to have fascinated him. Also, I claim there is a Schellingian heritage in Peirce's philosophy that is partially responsible for that poetic starting point. This idea also has, as a support, the supposition that a realistic view of the world provides a hypothesis of symmetry between the human and natural worlds, which provides the basic form for his ontological theories and for the theoretical harmony among Peirce's doctrines. This quality of Peirce's philosophy is a kind of a Greek beauty that is only evident for those who can view his thought not in fragments but as a complex system that has the potency of not only answering classical philosophical questions, but also of giving rise to a new philosophy which needs to be further developed

Common ground · Linguistics · Poetry · Sociology · Communication · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Philosophy · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education

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