Fashioning Episodes Through Virtual Habit: The Efficacy of Pre-Lived Experience
Fashioning Episodes Through Virtual Habit: The Efficacy of Pre-Lived Experience
Author(s): Donna E. WestSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: Peirce; virtual habit; episodic memory; dicisign; proposition;
Summary/Abstract: In MS 620 (1909), C. S. Peirce crafts his ultimate statement regarding habit-formation. Here he defines and illustrates the influence of specific vivid virtual habits with the objective of changing future beliefs/actions. The specificity of the protoplans as deter-minations invites immediate implementation of action interventions, or recommenda-tions to change action approaches. In this way, virtual habits transcend mere possibility for implementation of the action strategy; their vividity and specificity uniquely qualify them as soon to be actualized episodes.
Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 81-99
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English