Philosophy of Peirce

Taylor & Francis

This is Volume II of six in a series on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy. Originally published in 1940 this is a selection of writings of Peirce and its purpose this volume contains Peirce's best work and the authors hopes is at the same time thoroughly representative of his philosophy as a whole. > 1. Concerning the Author 2. The Fixation of Belief 3. How to Make Our Ideas Clear 4. The Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism 5- Philosophy and the Sciences: A Classification 6. The Principles of Phenomenology 7-Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs 8. The Criterion of Validity in Reasoning 9- What is a Leading Principle? 10. The Nature of Mathematics 11. Abduction and Induction 12. On the Doctrine of Chances, with Later Reflections 13- The Probability of Induction 14-The General Theory of Probable Inference 15- Uniformity 16. Some Consequences of F our Incapacities 17- The Essentials of Pragmatism 18. Pragmatism in Retrospect: A Last Formulation 19. Criticald