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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486216349
ISBN-139780486216348
eBay Product ID (ePID)768202
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Book TitleCharles S. Peirce : Selected Writings
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1966
TopicHistory & Surveys / General, General, Essays
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy
AuthorCharles S. Peirce
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight19.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal191
Table Of ContentIntroduction "Science, Materialism and Idealism" 1. The Place of Our Age in the History of Civilization 2. Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for Man 3. Some Consequences of Four Incapacities 4. Critical Review of Berkeley's Idealism Pragmaticism: A Philosophy of Science 5. The Fixation of Belief 6. How to Make Our Ideas Clear 7. Notes on Positivism 8. The Architecture of Theories 9. The Doctrine of Necessity 10. What Pragmatism Is 11. Issues of Pragmaticism Lessons from the History of Scientific Thought 12. Lessons of the History of Science 13. Lowell Lectures on the History of Science (1892) 14. Kepler 15. Conclusion of the History of Science Lectures 16. The Nineteenth Century: Notes 17. The Century's Great Men in Science 18. "Letters to Samuel P. Langley, and "Hume on Miracles and Laws of Nature" 19. Research and Teaching in Physics 20. Definition and Function of a University 21. Logic and a Liberal Education 22. Logic of Mathematics in Relation to Education Science and Religion 23. Science and Immortality The Breakdown of the Mechanical Philosophy The Marriage of Religion and Science What Is Christian Faith? A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God 24. Letters to Lady Welby Bibliographical Note Index
SynopsisScience, material, idealism, pragmaticism, history of scientific thought. With Buchler's book, best way to approach notoriously cryptic philosopher. Features 24 selections including "The Place of Our Age in the History of Civilization.", Charles S. Peirce in the opinion of many authorities was the most profound and original philosopher that America has produced. A master of exact science, our foremost logician, the founder of pragmatism, Peirce was one of the most remarkable and versatile minds of the 19th century, whose scattered writings made important contributions to such varied fields of logic, mathematics, geodesy, religion, astronomy, chemistry, physics, psychology, history of science, metaphysics, education, semeiotics, and more. Considered by William James the most original thinker of their generation, he exerted a tremendous influence on James, Josiah Royce, John Dewey, C. I. Lewis, Ernst Schr der, among many others. Professor Wiener's well-balanced selections introduce the reader to the many sides of Peirce's thought. He presents such famous essays as "The Fixation of Belief," "How to Make Our Ideas Clear," "The Architecture of Theories," and others, along with several pieces that are not available elsewhere. Of particular interest today, when the problem of humanizing the sciences is the acute problem of our age, there are certain selections, previously neglected by students and editors of Peirce's work, which deal with the cultural or humanistic aspects of science and philosophy. The 24 selections in this book are organized into five categories: science, materialism, and idealism; pragmatism (or as Peirce preferred, pragmaticism); the history of scientific thought; science and education; and science and religion. Included are articles originally published in North American Review , Journal of Speculative Philosophy , The Monist , Popular Science Monthly , and Educational Review ; extracts or transcriptions of speeches; book reviews; letters; and previously unpublished manuscripts from the Smithsonian Institution, the Lowell Institute, and the Widener Library Archives in Harvard University, Professor Wiener's excellent introduction and prefaces to the selections supply the reader with important historical and analytical background material., Charles S. Peirce in the opinion of many authorities was the most profound and original philosopher that America has produced. A master of exact science, our foremost logician, the founder of pragmatism, Peirce was one of the most remarkable and versatile minds of the 19th century, whose scattered writings made important contributions to such varied fields of logic, mathematics, geodesy, religion, astronomy, chemistry, physics, psychology, history of science, metaphysics, education, semeiotics, and more. Considered by William James the most original thinker of their generation, he exerted a tremendous influence on James, Josiah Royce, John Dewey, C. I. Lewis, Ernst Schröder, among many others. Professor Wiener's well-balanced selections introduce the reader to the many sides of Peirce's thought. He presents such famous essays as "The Fixation of Belief," "How to Make Our Ideas Clear," "The Architecture of Theories," and others, along with several pieces that are not available elsewhere. Of particular interest today, when the problem of humanizing the sciences is the acute problem of our age, there are certain selections, previously neglected by students and editors of Peirce's work, which deal with the cultural or humanistic aspects of science and philosophy. The 24 selections in this book are organized into five categories: science, materialism, and idealism; pragmatism (or as Peirce preferred, pragmaticism); the history of scientific thought; science and education; and science and religion. Included are articles originally published in North American Review , Journal of Speculative Philosophy , The Monist , Popular Science Monthly , and Educational Review ; extracts or transcriptions of speeches; book reviews; letters; and previously unpublished manuscripts from the Smithsonian Institution, the Lowell Institute, and the Widener Library Archives in Harvard University, Professor Wiener's excellent introduction and prefaces to the selections supply the reader with important historical and analytical background material.
LC Classification NumberB945.P41
