Cambridge Companion to Peirce

Klappentext Peirce (1839 1914) is generally considered the most significant American philosopher. Zusammenfassung Peirce is generally considered the most significant American philosopher. He was the founder of pragmatism! the view that our philosophical theories must be linked to experience and practice. The essays in this volume reveal how Peirce worked through this idea to make important contributions to most branches of philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) Cheryl Misak; 2. Peirce's place in the pragmatist tradition Sami Philstrom; 3. Peirce and medieval thought John Boler; 4. Reflections on inquiry and truth arising from Peirce's method for the fixation of belief David Wiggins; 5. Truth, reality and convergence Christopher Hookway; 6. C. S. Peirce on vital matters Cheryl Misak; 7. Peirce's common sense marriage of religion and science Douglas Anderson; 8. Peirce's pragmatic account of perception: issues and implications Sandra Rosenthal; 9. The development of Peirce's theory of signs T. L. Short; 10. Peirce's semiotic model of the mind Peter Skagested; 11. Beware of syllogism: statistical reasoning and conjecturing according to Peirce Isaac Levi; 11. Peirce's deductive logic: its development, influence and philosophical significance Randall Dipert.

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• Authors: Cheryl Misak, Cheryl (University of Toronto) Misak
• Assisted by: Cheryl Misak (Editor), Misak Cheryl (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2004
• EAN: 9780521570060
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57006-0
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: logic