The Cambridge Companion to Peirce

by Edited by Cheryl Misak

• ISBN13: 9780521579100
• ISBN10: 0521579104
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
1 Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)	1	(26)
CHERYL MISAK
2 Peirce's Place in the Pragmatist Tradition	27	(31)
SAMI PIHLSTRÖM
3 Peirce and Medieval Thought	58	(29)
JOHN BOLER
4 Reflections on Inquiry and Truth Arising from Peirce's Method for the Fixation of Belief	87	(40)
DAVID WIGGINS
5 Truth, Reality, and Convergence	127	(23)
CHRISTOPHER HOOKWAY
6 C.S. Peirce on Vital Matters	150	(25)
CHERYL MISAK
7 Peirce's Common Sense Marriage of Religion and Science	175	(18)
DOUGLAS ANDERSON
8 Peirce's Pragmatic Account of Perception: Issues and Implications	193	(21)
SANDRA ROSENTHAL
9 The Development of Peirce's Theory of Signs	214	(27)
T.L. SHORT
10 Peirce's Semeiotic Model of the Mind	241	(16)
PETER SKAGESTED
11 Beware of Syllogism: Statistical Reasoning and Conjecturing According to Peirce	257	(30)
ISAAC LEVI
12 Peirce's Deductive Logic: Its Development Influence, and Philosophical Significance	287	(38)
RANDALL DIPERT
Note on References	325	(2)
Bibliography	327	(16)
Index	343