From Fancy Amoeba to Fallible Self

I. IntroductionA perennial concern among Peirce commentators has been the articulation of Peirce’s model of individual selfhood which underwrites his notion of self-control. A sticking point for most accounts is that Peirce seems to characterize the self along two different lines, at times describi...

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Hlavní autor: Main, Robert
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:I. IntroductionA perennial concern among Peirce commentators has been the articulation of Peirce’s model of individual selfhood which underwrites his notion of self-control. A sticking point for most accounts is that Peirce seems to characterize the self along two different lines, at times describing it as a sign and produced by a community while at others characterizing it primarily in terms of embodiment and continuity with the rest of nature. However, if we adopt a view of Peirce’s evolut...