Book chapter
That Mystery Category “Fourthness” and Its Relationship to the Work of C. S. Peirce
Walker Percy, Philosopher
01 Aug 2018
Abstract
C. S. Peirce posits that the self is known only through negation—by the knower finding out that he or she is wrong. Even more importantly he considers a man to be nothing more than a sign. This is existentially inadequate. In this chapter, Stacey Ake shows the shortcomings of Peirce’s Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness in creating human identity by utilizing and developing Walker Percy’s notion of Fourthness in order to show that there is a positive way to create identity and, more importantly, community.
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Details
- Title
- That Mystery Category “Fourthness” and Its Relationship to the Work of C. S. Peirce
- Creators
- Stacey E. Ake - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Walker Percy, Philosopher
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85063784588
- Other Identifier
- 991019173795704721