Christopher Hookway

The Pragmatic Maxim

Essays on Peirce and Pragmatism

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Produktbeschreibung

Christopher Hookway presents a series of essays on the work of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1913), the 'founder of pragmatism' and one of the most important and original American philosophers. He illuminates how Peirce's writings on truth, science, and the nature of meaning contribute to philosophical understanding in ongoing debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199588381
• ISBN-10: 0199588384
• Artikelnr.: 36052771

Autorenporträt

Christopher Hookway has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield since 1995, having previously taught at the University of Birmingham. In 1995 he was President of the Charles S. Peirce Society. He is the editor of The European Journal of Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Texts and abbreviations
* Introduction: The pragmatist maxim, the method of science, and
representation
* 1: Peirce and scepticism
* 2: Fallibilism and the aim of inquiry
* 3: Truth, reality, and convergence
* 4: Normative logic and psychology: Peirce's rejection of psychologism
* 5: Interrogatives and uncontrollable abductions
* 6: 'The form of a relation': Peirce and mathematical structuralism
* 7: 'A sort of composite photograph': pragmatism, ideas, and
schematism
* 8: Pragmatism and the given: C.I. Lewis, Quine, and Peirce
* 9: The principle of pragmatism: Peirce's formulations and
illustrations
* 10: Logical principles and philosophical attitudes: Peirce's response
to James's pragmatism
* 11: How Peirce argued for his pragmatist maxim
* Bibliography
* Index