BODVAR and all:
Please forgive me if this is old news, but I found some interesting
facts about C.S. Peirce and thought you might be interested. He worked
for over twenty years for the United States Coastal Survey. He was a
friend of William James', who gave Peirce credit for his own Pragmatism.
(CSP called his version "pragmaticism".) He was removed from his post at
Johns Hopkins University for his unorthodox beliefs and libertine
lifestyle. James arranged for Peirce to continue his work through
lecture series and he was still able to get soem of his work published.
Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts remain unpublished. His work is
described by the editors of the "Oxford Companion to Philosophy" as a
phenomenology.
Seems like Pirsig must have been familiar with him, although I don't
recall any mention in the books. Is their similarity in views more than
just a co-incidence?
David
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