ABSTRACT
I hope to illuminate the ethical and political claim embedded within Charles S. Peirce’s notion of reason through an understanding of Eva Kittay’s work on dependency and the ethics of care. Through this analysis, it might be possible to see how ethics and political valuations play a more prominent role in Peirce’s philosophy. This analysis also contributes toward a new direction in Peircian scholarship as I argue to construct a social epistemology that recognizes the centrality of the relationship between the individual and community through concepts of dependency. Through this interpretation of Peirce, I hope to draw out the synesthetic aspects of Peirce’s thought and argue that dimensions of care influence the process of our reasoning.
