The goal of Triadic Philosophy

The goal of Triadic Philosophy is to propound a universally applicable mode of thinking that leads to "good" expressions and actions.

The premise of Triadic Philosohy is indeed that we are in continual dialogue with ourselves and that we can refine and even direct such dialog via conscious decisions we can make.

The urge to live and to do what we will and to share with others - reflect values but are not what I mean by universal values. I contend that there are four basic values that have operated to create progress over time. Tolerance, democracy, helpfulness and non-idolatry. These are complementary and interactive with non-idolatry, essentially the first commandment, functioning as a brake on our assumptions of infallibility.

In my view conscious thought begins with and is demonstrated by the fact that we choose values.

"We value, therefore we are." History is the sum and aggregate of every human act and is influenced by the choice of values.

There is indeed truth in the notion that we think in threes and that binary thinking is inherently stunted, as it applies to life generally.

I will continue to defend reality, ethics and aesthetics as a root template for conscious thinking.

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What Are The Premises of Triadic Philosophy

The first premise I start with is that we do think in threes, at least when we are conscious and certainly when we will to do so.

The second premise is that if this is so the initial starting point would be the realm from which all signs emerge. To me this came up as Reality so that was and remains my notion of Firstness.  (I am NOT trying to preempt Peirce, merely to acknowledge a linkage.)

I conceived of Triadic Philosophy as a conscious process and of the triad as deriving from icon (reality) to index to symbol. Rather spontaneously, I chose Ethics as the second (index) and Aesthetics as the third. Actually I have for four decades relied on an ethical index derived from my work in music and with teaching kids to sing the gospel of Mark. When this is done, at least in my declension, the values that pop up are tolerance, helpfulness, democracy and non-idolatry. If that is not an index, what is?

Then it followed (to me) that in terms of my elaboration of the pragmatic maxim the purpose of thought should be an action or expression, something that can be known and measured for impact. By making aesthetic my third in the triad, it opened up a world to me in which we move past an ineffective ethics and a terribly confined notion of aesthetics to something closer to reality.

I should mention that my laboratory is Twitter and that premises such as those discussed here are regularly honed to and submitted to a large group of  folk  @stephencrose who may or may not respond, but whose reactions are of inestimable value in determining the  effectiveness of communications.

I should note also that I have taken with great seriousness Peirce's suggestions regarding memorial maxims. What is a tweet if not at least a stab at such?

As to what this looks like, I do contend that Reality Ethics Aesthetics is a workable triad for the conscious method of doing triadic philosophy and that it corresponds (possibly even theoretically) to Peircean notions of firstness, secondness and thirdness, first second third and 1 2 3. I do have some questions about Peirce's brief description of universes of experience in NA (The Neglected Argument).

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Aesthetic action always intends to achieve the very best result.

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You see  ethics has never cut it because purveyors of ethics become moralists And aesthetics has never cut it  because it always  reduces itself to the effete and closed ART WORLD Since neither of these modes works in itself to achieve change the answer lies in exposing both of them to Reality and then allowing ethics to be construed as universal values which are not moralistic in themselves and then allowing  aesthetics to become universal truth and beauty a  standard for all action Well when you do all that you have the revolution because it is just what you happen to come to in your own mind

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Will young sit out the November election?

Will young sit out the November election?  The GOP is betting on it.  Democracy is hoping  the GOP goes down in flames.
There are two schools. One says off-term is low turnout. I am the second school contra Nate Silver contra the Democrats who cringe contra everyone but the contrarian young

I expect the contrarian young to tell Washington to get back to work
To accomplish that the GOP must be taught a lesson
The way to do that is to
VOTE THEM OUT
I plan to make that the motto of this campaign
I doubt anyone will ask who

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The age of the automobile is ending along with the age of oil.

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1.      Triadic philosophy assumes that the age of the automobile is ending along with the age of oil.

2.    The end of oil and the eclipse of the automobile are essential to the creation of a just planet.

3.     The world has so increased the speed of change that this very century will see developments that lead us past the current age.

4.    Inherent in the coming change is the elimination of the massive disparity between wealth and poverty.

5.    Economic justice is the fruit of an embrace of tolerance, democracy, helpfulness and non-idolatry.

6.     Triadic philosophy affirms prosperity as a reasonable ideal but rejects the binary distinction between socialism and capitalism.

7.     The essence of socialism is the reasonable and rational regulation of free enterprise.

8.    The essence of capitalism is the creation of wealth by means of useful products that expand markets and lower costs.

9.   A triadic world will see socialism and capitalism in terms of the root triad of Reality Ethics and Aesthetics.

10. The fruit of a triadic world will be the iteration of new and transformed communities that are integral.

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