The Formation of Habits and the Origin of Laws in the Cambridge Conference VII, by Ch. S. Peirce

Authors

  • Ivo Assad Ibri Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2015.3.20902

Keywords:

Peirce. Habit. Conservation of Energy. Chance. Origin of Laws of Nature.

Abstract

This article aims a reflection on the arguments proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce in his well-known Cambridge Conference VII, issued in 1898, under the title “Habit”, in which he justifies his position about how it would be possible to explain the origin of the universe through a philosophy with a genetic character. This explanation takes, within his complex architectural system of thought, the tendency of acquiring habits as the axial explanatory principle of the origin of Laws of Nature. Peirce takes such a principle as the basis on which it would be possible to claim an affinity between mind and matter.

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Author Biography

Ivo Assad Ibri, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Possui graduação em Engenharia Civil pela Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (1972), mestrado em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1986) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (1994). Realizou pesquisa de pós-doutorado nos anos de 2004 e 2005 na Universidade de Indiana, Estados Unidos, com bolsa tipo fellowship concedida pelo Institute for Advanced Study daquela universidade.

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2016-06-13

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Ibri, I. A. (2016). The Formation of Habits and the Origin of Laws in the Cambridge Conference VII, by Ch. S. Peirce. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 60(3), 619–630. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2015.3.20902

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Vol. 60 No. 3 (2015): Debating Contemporary Epistemology

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Debating Contemporary Epistemology

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