Modern Philosophy - 20th Century, Modern Philosophy - 19th Century, Philosophical Methodology, 19th Century American Philosophy
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Overview
This book is the first radical approach to Peirce's Pragmatism. It goes to the root of Peirce's own concept of Pragmatism as the method from which is derived Semiotics or the Theory of Signs. It relies on Peirce's writings, that is, primary sources in the unpublished manuscripts rather than the secondary material of writings about Peirce. From various perspectives the book explores the process how ideas, that is, sign-systems, evolve and become increasingly complex. Peirce's cosmology is introduced together with his special understanding of himself as an Idealist.Editorials
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Describing Peirce's theory of pragmatism as a transforming process and a mode of transmuting ideas, Kevelson (philosophy, Center for Semiotic Research), looks at its relation to social principles and institutions, and to natural language<-->including the transformation of language by poetic activity. She concludes with a discussion of Peirce's cosmology, which she sees as a pragmatic fusion of rhetoric and mathematics. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
April 1, 1998
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1998.
Pages
204
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820439822