Tag: Charles Sanders Peirce

  • Peirce on existence and reality

    In Cornelis de Waal, Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed, it was written that Peirce has distinguished between real and existing. On biosemiotics list, Gary Richmond has recommended Kelly Parker’s, The Continuity of Peirce’s Thought on this subject. He has also quoted Peirce: “[. . .] I call your attention to the fact that reality…

  • Peirce on Mind and Matter

    Peirce’s quote that I have found in Science Delusion by Rupert Sheldrake: “Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of this habits is very difficult.” Below is another quote given by Søren Brier on the biosemiotics list: “But what is to be said of the property…