November 8th to 11th, 2004

2nd DAY - Tuesday - November 9th, 2004 - 7 p.m.
2nd Session
2nd Lecture

The Realism of John Duns Scot and Charles Sanders Peirce
Prof. Dr. Carlos Arthur Ribeiro do Nascimento
Department of Philosophy - Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

[Abstract]
The Avicenian distinction between essence considered in itself and its states, of singularity in the individual and isolation in the universal, allowed both Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scot to formulate their realistic conceptions as regards the discussion on the statute of universals. Charles Sanders Peirce, according to his own declarations, links himself to the Scotist realism. We intend to explain this linkage through Peirce's indications in his well-known review of Alexander Campbell Fraser's edition of the Works of George Berkeley.

Center for Pragmatism Studies
Philosophy Graduate Program
Departament of Philosophy
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - Brazil