[FRIAM] yay!

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Ok, so, FWIW, a Peircean take on ethics is that it is like any other form of
inquiry.  To the extent that the participants are seeking a convergence, it
is interesting and useful; to the extent that they are seeking divergence,
for its own sake, it is boring and sophistic.  It is in that sense that he
regards logic as a subfield of ethics.  Logic is how we "should" think.
The whole goal of thought, whether ethical or scientific,  is to anticipate
experience as it will be, not as we'ld like it to be. 

N 

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


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Putting aside for a moment the outpouring of news content, which at the
moment, is pressing the discussion of whether or not angry mobs are possible
without social media (seemingly ignoring much of history), I might agree
that data for *the relevance of ethics* are starting to flood in like
Pennsylvania ballots. In fact, much of vFriam this week, seemed to be
dedicated to beating around that bush. It had me in a bit of an *aporia*
though, as I was unsure as to how to proceed. What exactly is wanted from
ethics? My tendency is to put on my philosopher's hat or my scientist's hat,
but more and more I feel doubtful that these tools are the correct ones.
Forlorn, I find myself in a foundationless state of post-modernism,
believing that there can be no analysis besides one situated in power
dynamics and boundary disputes. Please advise.



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