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Monday, October 15, 2012

Section 13 Group 1 Peirce

Hello Group 1,
  Peirce "Purse" is nothing like what we discussed about Hegel so consider this a turn of corner.  Peirce and William James were both Americans who lectured at Harvard.  So its nice to discuss Americans again.  Anyway, Peirce like James was very pragmatic.  They both believed that there should lie value in the answer to each pondered question.  The answer itself should have a meaning or level of importance such as why is the answer significant?  Regardless the answer what is the real significance behind it or is it just to know something?  This thought should pose a question or two.  Is Peirce interested in answers or the value of the answer?

Michael Lucas
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  1. Unknown10:58 PM CDT

    I believe that Pierce's approach to finding the truth would only work in some, but not all situations. There are some things that you can't run experiments on or investigate to get an answer that will fit everyone all the time. Once you factor in maturity level, emotions, etc., then the results will vary. His outlook promotes stereotyping in my opinion.

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  2. William Casher Brown 1030-13(1)1:44 PM CDT

    I agree with Edrell on Pierce. You can't get the exact answer everytime. There are too many gray areas. Each time will yield different results because of the different variables of the situation.

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  3. William Casher Brown 1030-13(1)1:52 PM CDT

    In Freud, It talks about how he was a neurologist, later turned psychoanalylist, and how he discovered the unconscious. Freud believes that dreams are the bringing up of the thoughts that are socially disturbing for our conscious to process, so we suppress it until we dream. I believe Freud was in a way correct, but I wouldn't just jump on his theory just yet.
    F?-What did Freud discover?
    D?- do you think that dreams are our gate way into a reality of our urges and deepest desires?

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  4. Kaitlyn Alexander (13)11:52 AM CDT

    F: What philisophical approach was started by Pierce?
    D: Do you believe that many people take this approach when thinking about religion today?

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  5. dylan story8:00 PM CST

    f:Pragmatism is concerned with______?
    d:does there always have to be experiment or observation to prove that something is true? is there no truth to abstract matters?

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