November 6, 2025 | SEASON I, EPISODE VIII
We return to Peirce for an exploration of his more speculative, systematic essays (“A Guess at the Riddle”, “Evolutionary Love”, and others). What should all systems of thought have in common? What would it mean to privilege spontaneity, chance, and even love in a philosophical worldview? What is “agapasm”? What happens to philosophy after Darwin? And what mystical meaning do the numbers 1, 2, and 3 have for an antimetaphysical thinker like Peirce?
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