[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To Peirce eBook

Author : Cheryl Misak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2004-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521579100

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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.

Author : Alan Malachowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521110874

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This book provides an insightful overview of what has made pragmatism such an attractive and exciting prospect to thinkers of different persuasions.

Author : Ruth Anna Putnam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 1997-04-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139825194

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William James (1842–1910) was both a philosopher and a psychologist, nowadays most closely associated with the pragmatic theory of truth. The essays in this Companion deal with the full range of his thought as well as other issues, including technical philosophical issues, religious speculation, moral philosophy and political controversies of his time. The relationship between James and other philosophers of his time, as well as his brother Henry, are also examined. By placing James in his intellectual landscape the volume will be particularly useful to teachers and students outside philosophy in such areas as religious studies, history of ideas, and American studies. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to James currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of James.

Author : Roger F. Gibson, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2004-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139825801

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W. V. Quine (1908–2000) was quite simply the most distinguished analytic philosopher of the later half of the twentieth century. His celebrated attack on the analytic/synthetic tradition heralded a major shift away from the views of language descended from logical positivism. His most important book, Word and Object, introduced the concept of indeterminacy of radical translation, a bleak view of the nature of the language with which we ascribe thoughts and beliefs to ourselves and others. Quine is also famous for the view that epistemology should be naturalized, that is conducted in a scientific spirit with the object of investigating the relationship between the inputs of experience and the outputs of belief. The eleven essays in this volume cover all the central topics of Quine's philosophy: the underdetermination of physical theory, analycity, naturalism, propositional attitudes, behaviorism, reference and ontology, positivism, holism and logic.

Author : Thomas Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521635639

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Author : T. L. Short
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2007-02-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139461915

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In this book, T. L. Short corrects widespread misconceptions of Peirce's theory of signs and demonstrates its relevance to contemporary analytic philosophy of language, mind and science. Peirce's theory of mind, naturalistic but nonreductive, bears on debates of Fodor and Millikan, among others. His theory of inquiry avoids foundationalism and subjectivism, while his account of reference anticipated views of Kripke and Putnam. Peirce's realism falls between 'internal' and 'metaphysical' realism and is more satisfactory than either. His pragmatism is not verificationism; rather, it identifies meaning with potential growth of knowledge. Short distinguishes Peirce's mature theory of signs from his better-known but paradoxical early theory. He develops the mature theory systematically on the basis of Peirce's phenomenological categories and concept of final causation. The latter is distinguished from recent and similar views, such as Brandon's, and is shown to be grounded in forms of explanation adopted in modern science.

Author : Molly Cochran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 18,10 MB
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521874564

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John Dewey (1859-1952) was a major figure of the American cultural and intellectual landscape in the first half of the twentieth century. The contributors to this Companion examine the wide range of Dewey's thought and provide a critical evaluation of his philosophy and its lasting influence.

Author : Carl R. Hausman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 1997-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521597364

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In this systematic introduction to the philosophy of Charles S. Peirce, the author focuses on four of Peirce's fundamental conceptions.

Author : Alan R. Malachowski
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Pragmatism
ISBN : 9781107423466

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"Pragmatism established a philosophical presence over a century ago through the work of Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey, and has enjoyed an unprecedented revival in recent years owing to the pioneering efforts of Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam. The essays in this volume explore the history and themes of classic pragmatism, discuss the revival of pragmatism and show how it engages with a range of areas of inquiry including politics, law, education, aesthetics, religion and feminism. Together they provide readers with an overview of the richness and vitality of pragmatist thinking and the influence that it continues to exert both in philosophy and other disciplines. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of pragmatism, American philosophy and political theory"--

Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1405153113

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A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy. Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, Jürgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.