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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458320903321

Autore

Peirce Charles S (Charles Sanders), <1839-1914, >

Titolo

Illustrations of the logic of science / / Charles S. Peirce ; edited by Cornelis de Waal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Open Court, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8126-9852-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Pragmatism

Science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; Proposed Publisher's Preface (1913); Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The FIxation of Belief; 2. How to Make Our Ideas Clear; 3. The Doctrine of Chances; 4. The Probability of Induction; 5. The Order of Nature; 6. Deduction, Induction, and Hypothesis; 7. Essays Toward the Interpretation of Our Thoughts; 8. Essays on Meaning; 9. Letter to Paul Carus; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Peirce's Illustrations of the Logic of Science is an early work in the philosophy of science and the official birthplace of pragmatism. It contains Peirce's two most influential papers: ?The Fixation of Belief" and ?How to Make Our Ideas Clear," as well as discussions on the theory of probability, the ground of induction, the relation between science and religion, and the logic of abduction. Unsatisfied with the result and driven by a constant, almost feverish urge to improve his work, Peirce spent considerable time and effort revising these papers. After the turn of the ce