How Religion Shaped Peirce's Philosophy? (with Roger Ward)
Link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Peirce-Religio...
Peirce's religious views are often downplayed. However, according to Roger Ward, religion played a pivotal role in the development of Peirce's whole system of thought and the structure of his philosophy. What were Peirce's religious views? How do they relate to his semiotics? What is the purpose of human life? These are some of the questions explored in this interview with Roger Ward on his book "Peirce and Religion."
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Ward's interest in Peirce
05:13 Biographical aspect of the book
7:13 Peirce's religious beliefs as the driver of his philosophy?
11:17 Why Peirce was interested in logic?
16:12 Conversion to Community
20:13 The atheistic phase of Peirce
27:30 Transformation through participation with the reality
30:30 Perceiving 3rdness: How symbols talk to us?
34:00 Every inference as an action of the Holy Spirit?
35:25 Why we make mistakes? The importance of error
39:20 How do we know if we err?
40:15 Community of inquirers is the church?
44:30 Does Peirce believe in evil spirits?
48:37 Purpose of humans?
51:30 Science vs. Religion
55:50 How religion is connected to esthetics and ethics?
58:40 Sentiments = Soul?
1:00:23 Pragmatism as practical and personal transformation
1:04:00 Pragmatism as a never-ending pursuit
1:06:36 How are sentiments controlled?
1:08:30 The book is dense!
1:13:00 Religion as part of Peirce's life
1:16:00 Experience of personal transformation
1:18:00 Nominalism = Atheism
1:19:39 Is the belief in determinism meaningless?
1:24:08 The next book
Music:
Antony Raijekov - Chillout Me
Antony Raijekov - While We Walk