Available on Bookshop
Write a review
Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Log in to track your reading progress.
Overview
The founder of American pragmatism, C.S. Peirce, lived as an eccentric, but thought as a dedicated communitarian. In "Reading Peirce Reading", Richard Smyth demonstrates that Peirce's early essays presuppose a very distinctive perspective on the history of philosophy. One important mark of a major philosopher, Smyth argues, is that the philosopher causes us to read the history of thought in new ways. Smyth shows not only that Peirce passes that test, but that Peirce's philosophical practice actually did conform to his communal ideal for inquiry. Students and scholars interested in the history of philosophy and pragmatism will want to read this book.Author Biography: Richard A. Smyth is Professor of Philosophy at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is author of "Forms of Intuition".
Editorials
Australian Journal Of Philosophy
This erudite, eclectic, and fertile book examines the philosophy of Charles Pierce in the light of the philosophy Pierce himself read.Peirce Project Newsletter
In this interesting book, Smyth examines several of Peirce's most important early writings from the standpoint of what they reveal about Pierce's own reading of the history of philosophy. His [Smyth's] findings are illuminating.Book Details
Published
March 28, 1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pages
336
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780847684328