[percy-l] Pluralism or community? A response to Wade Riddick.
Lauren Berdy
lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 15:40:17 EDT 2020
WP had an approach to reality
It was in the weeds of our particulars.
He knew our particulars are worthy
Of our study and admiration and
We are not divorced from reality
By being particulars.
He was interested in our Creaturely
Uniqueness
Isn’t that remarkable?
Come on the man sucked crawfish
Heads in the restaurants with
The klan Oldsmobile dealer. He had
Quite a perch even better than
Fire tower. And he was without fear.
I see him watching
Everything
Even
The Hulk
Dostoevsky gambled with a fever
They both lived inside life.
Not abstract
Never
It is our uniqueness that attracts
The observer
The universe is not expendable
It’s not
Useful
It opens the door on discovery
Wasn’t he a good explorer?
Nuff said
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> On Aug 7, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Karey Perkins <kareyperkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to Charles Sanders Peirce (paraphrased badly):
>
> There is a reality out there. It’s not a matter of opinion; reality exists quite separately from any human opinion. While no human has a 100% grasp on reality, some human views are more close to that real reality out there than others. Those whose views of reality most closely coincide with reality itself are most successful; those whose views deviate more from what reality actually is — will fail.
>
> I may believe I can fly, but if I jump off of tall buildings in order to practice that belief, it won’t bode well for me.
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> If I believe in gravity, I’ll not be jumping out of buildings. I’ll fare far better than my compatriot who IS jumping off of buildings.
>
> That’s pragmaticism.
>
> We as humans have a profound responsibility to seek the truth and propagate the truth — not as an abstraction, but as a flesh-and blood physical reality.
>
> Because dying in a pandemic is a flesh and blood reality. Being unemployed (by some estimates, 47.2% of Americans) and evicted from your home is a flesh and blood reality with real physical consequences.
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> This is no longer about abstracted religious “belief” or political “belief.” This is not about silly political arguments. This is life and death.
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> This is not an abstraction for hundreds of thousands of Americans.
>
> Karey
>
>
> Karey Perkins, M.A., M.A.T., Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor, Department of English
> 296A Turner Hall, South Carolina State University
> Orangeburg, SC 29117
> kperkin1 at scsu.edu | 803-536-7016
> www.scsu.edu
> Member, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism
> Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-0002
> kareperk at ttu.edu | http://www.pragmaticism.net
>
>
>
>
>> On Aug 7, 2020, at 1:31 PM, RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell at msn.com> wrote:
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>> In just the last few posts, where we see some polarization, I am reminded of Tom More reflecting on the arguments among his fellow prisoners in THE THANATOS SYNDROME — can’t help but smile.
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>> Wishing y’all well,
>>
>> Rhonda
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:36 AM, janetcantor37--- via Percy-L <percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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