The Cambridge companion to Peirce / / edited by Cheryl Misak [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996205059803316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-139-81564-4; 1-139-00061-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge companions to philosophy
• Disciplina: 191
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) / Cheryl Misak -- Peirce's place in the pragmatist tradition / Sami Pihlström -- Peirce and medieval thought / John Boler -- Reflections on inquiry and truth arising from Peirce's method for the fixation of belief / David Wiggins -- Truth, reality, and convergence / Christopher Hookway -- C.S. Peirce on vital matters / Cheryl Misak -- Peirce's common sense marriage of religion and science / Douglas Anderson -- Peirce's pragmatic account of perception: issues and implications / Sandra Rosenthal -- The development of Peirce's theory of signs / T.L. Short -- Peirce's semeiotic model of the mind / Peter Skagested -- Beware of syllogism: statistical reasoning and conjecturing according to Peirce / Isaac Levi -- Peirce's deductive logic: its development, influence, and philosophical significance / Randall Dipert.
• Sommario/riassunto: Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is generally considered the most significant American philosopher. He was the founder of pragmatism, the view popularized by William James and John Dewey, 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. The topics covered include Peirce's influence; the famous pragmatic maxim and the view of truth and reality arising from it; the question as to whether mathematical, moral and religious hypotheses might aspire to truth; his theories of inquiry and perception; and his contribution to ; semiotics, statistical inference and deductive logic. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Peirce currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Peirce.