Reconstructing the Normative Sciences
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Peirce, pragmatism, pragmaticism, value theory, normative science, esthetics, ethics, logicsAbstract
From 1902 onward, Peirce viewed esthetics, ethics, and logic as “normative sciences,” interconnected spheres of philosophical inquiry that constitute his main work in value theory. The normative sciences provide the basis for a theoretical investigation of questions of value detached from practical interests. Because the normative sciences maintain Peirce’s well-known insistence on realism, they set his pragmaticism apart from the more “nominalistic” pragmatism of James and Dewey. The paper aims to clarify Peirce’s idea of the normative sciences, to show how his realism applies in the sphere of value, and to explore his views on the proper relation between theory and practice. The concluding section suggests examples of how we might understand Peirce’s rich and innovative concept of normative esthetics.Metrics
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2013-01-09
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Parker, K. A. (2013). Reconstructing the Normative Sciences. Cognitio: Revista De Filosofia, 4(1), 27–45. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/13238
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Papers on Pragmatism