Cathy Legg
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato and an expert on Charles Sanders Peirce, known for work on Peircean categories and pragmatism.
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Mar 15, 2016 • 38min
Episode 81: Cathy Legg discusses what Peirce's categories can do for you
Cathy Legg, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato and Peirce scholar, introduces Peirce's idea that existence is just one of three modes of being. She explains firstness as pure quality, secondness as interaction and resistance, and thirdness as mediation, concepts, and interpretation. The conversation contrasts Peirce with Quine and situates the sciences within Peirce's hierarchy.
