Pragmaticism - (Peirceana) by Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (Hardcover)

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Book Synopsis

In three comprehensive volumes divided into five books, Logic of the Future presents a full panorama of Charles S. Peirce's important late writings. Among the most influential American thinkers, Peirce took his existential graphs to be his greatest contribution to human thought. The manuscripts and letters from 1895-1913, most of which are published here for the first time, testify the richness and open-endedness of his theory of logic and its applications. They also invite us to reconsider our ordinary conceptions of reasoning as well as the conventional stories told about the evolution of modern logic.

This first part of the third volume (Volume 3/1) of the Logic of the Future series contains Peirce's 1904-1909 writings on his mature philosophy of pragmaticism, which is grounded upon the principles of logical analysis as provided by existential graphs.

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In three comprehensive volumes, Logic of the Future presents a full
panorama of Charles S. Peirce's important late writings. Among the
most influential American thinkers, Peirce took his existential graphs to
be his greatest contribution to human thought. The manuscripts
from 1895--1913, most of which are published here for the first time, testify the
richness and open-endedness of his theory of logic and its applications.
They also invite us to reconsider our ordinary conceptions of reasoning as
well as the conventional stories told about the evolution of modern logic.

Peirce's 1904-1908 writings on pragmaticism define his mature philosophy, grounded upon the principles of logical analysis as provided by existential graphs. This third volume of the series includes a comprehensive selection of letters exchanged from 1898-1913 between Peirce and his colleagues and collaborators on the logic and philosophy of existential graphs.

About the Author

Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Hong Kong Baptist University, China.