Peirce’s Ethics:   Problematizing the Conduct of Life

Authors

  • Epifanio San Juan University of Connecticut Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70922/er8bgj11

Keywords:

Peirce, Ethics, Pragmatism, U.S Colonization, Politics

Abstract

Charles Sanders Peirce's ethics is based on his pragmaticist theory of meaning elucidated by his phenomenology and its transcoding into practice. An example of how meaning acquires practical effect is cited from Peirce's lecture on signs and their interpretation. His anti-imperialist stance against U.S. colonization of the Philippines has never 
been discussed before. This is the first time Peirce's politics is manifested in conjunction with his anti-nominalist explanation of signs and their ethical implications. 

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Author Biography

  • Epifanio San Juan , University of Connecticut

    E. SAN JUAN, JR. graduated in 1958 as an A.B. magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines 
    Diliman, Quezon City. On Fulbright fellowship, he obtained his PhD degree from Harvard University in 
    1965. He was a professor of comparative literature, ethnic studies and cultural studies in the following 
    universities:  University of California at Davis, University of Connecticut at Storrs, Brooklyn College of 
    the City University of New York, Washington State University,  Wesleyan University, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila, Bowling Green State University, Leuven University in Belgium, and National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.   He was a professorial lecturer in cultural studies at Polytechnic University of the Philippines. 

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Published

2018-12-20

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018): Mabini Review Journal

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How to Cite

San Juan , E. (2018). Peirce’s Ethics:   Problematizing the Conduct of Life. Mabini Review, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.70922/er8bgj11