The Pragmatic Cosmos

Peircers,

I found the figure I used to draw to explain that
"pragmatic ordering of the normative sciences" --

Re: The Pragmatic Cosmos
At: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2003-October/000879.html

o-------------------------------------------------o
|                                                 |
|                        o                        |
|                       / \                       |
|                      /   \                      |
|                     /     \                     |
|                    o-------o                    |
|                   /| Logic |\                   |
|                  / |       | \                  |
|                 /  |       |  \                 |
|                o---------------o                |
|               /|   | Ethic |   |\               |
|              / |   |       |   | \              |
|             /  |   |       |   |  \             |
|            o-----------------------o            |
|           /|   |   Aesthetic   |   |\           |
|          / |   |   |       |   |   | \          |
|         /  |   |   |       |   |   |  \         |
|        o---o---o---o-------o---o---o---o        |
|                                                 |
o-------------------------------------------------o
Figure 1.  The Pragmatic Cosmos

Here is the Figure that goes with this description of the Pragmatic Cosmos,
or the pragmatically ordered normative sciences:  Aesthetics, Ethics, and
Logic.  The arrangement is best viewed as a planar projection of a solid
geometric configuration, as three cylinders on concentric circular bases,
all subtending an overarching cone.  This way of viewing the situation
brings into focus the two independent or orthogonal order relations
that exist among the normative sciences.  In regard to their bases,
logic is a special case of ethics and aesthetics, and ethics is
a special case of aesthetics, understanding these concepts in
their broadest senses.  In respect of their altitudes, logic
exercises a critical perspective on ethics and aesthetics,
and ethics exercises a critical perspective on aesthetics.

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