Ideas from 'Concerning the Author' by Charles Sanders Peirce [1897], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce' by Peirce,Charles Sanders (ed/tr Buchler,Justus) [Dover 1940,0-486-20217-8]].
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine
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The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine.
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From:
Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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I am saturated with the spirit of physical science
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I am saturated, through and through, with the spirit of the physical sciences.
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From:
Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.1)
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
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Infallibility in science is just a joke
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Infallibility in scientific matters seems to me irresistibly comical.
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From:
Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.3)
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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism
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Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age
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The doctrine of the association of ideas is, to my thinking, the finest piece of philosophical work of the prescientific ages.
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From:
Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science
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The works of Duns Scotus have strongly influenced me. …His logic and metaphysics, torn away from its medievalism, …will go far toward supplying the philosophy which is best to harmonize with physical science.
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From:
Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)
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