Diagrammatic thinking: Notes on Peirce’s semiotics and epistemology

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  • Luis Radford Université Laurentienne, Canadá

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https://doi.org/10.30827/pna.v3i1.6192

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Cultura, Kant, Peirce, Percepción, Pensamiento diagramático, Semiótica

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In this paper, I discuss the role of diagrammatic thinking within the larger context of cognitive activity as framed by Peirce’s semiotic theory of and its underpinning realistic ontology. After a short overview of Kant’s scepticism in its historical context, I examine Peirce’s attempt to rescue perception as a way to reconceptualize the Kantian “manifold of senses”. I argue that Peirce’s redemption of perception led him to a series of problems that are as fundamental as those that Kant encountered. I contend that the understanding of the difficulties of Peirce’s epistemology allows us to better grasp the limits and possibilities of diagrammatic thinking.

Pensamiento diagramático: notas sobre la semiótica y la epistemología de Peirce

En este artículo se discute el papel que desempeña el concepto de pensamiento diagramático en el contexto de la actividad cognitiva, tal y como es concebida dentro del marco de la teoría semiótica de Peirce y su subyacente ontología realista. Luego de presentar una visión general del escepticismo kantiano en su contexto histórico, se examina el esfuerzo de Peirce por rescatar la percepción, esfuerzo que lo lleva a indagar de manera innovadora el “multiespacio de los sentidos” del que hablaba Kant. Se mantiene que este esfuerzo lleva a Peirce a una serie de problemas que son tan fundamentales como los que Kant encontró en su propio itinerario epistemológico. Se sostiene que la comprensión de las dificultades intrínsecas a la epistemología de Peirce nos permite cernir mejor los límites y posibilidades de su pensamiento diagramático.

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/4217

Nº de citas en WOS (2017): 4 (Citas de 2º orden, 10)

Nº de citas en SCOPUS (2017): 2 (Citas de 2º orden, 10)

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Luis Radford, Université Laurentienne, Canadá

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2008-09-01

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