The Philosophy of Peirce: Selected Writings

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Justus Buchler
Routledge, Jun 23, 2014 - Philosophy - 404 pages
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.
 

Contents

CONCERNING THE AUTHOR I
1
THE FIXATION OF BELIEF
5
HOW TO MAKE OUR IDEAS CLEAR
23
THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE AND FALLIBILISM
42
A CLASSIFICATION
60
THE PRINCIPLES OF PHENOMENOLOGY
74
THE THEORY OF SIGNS
98
THE CRITERION OF VALIDITY IN REASONING
120
UNIFORMITY
218
SOME CONSEQUENCES OF FOUR INCAPACITIES
228
THE ESSENTIALS OF PRAGMATISM
251
A LAST FORMULATION
269
CRITICAL COMMONSENSISM
290
PERCEPTUAL JUDGMENTS
302
ON MOTIVES ON PERCEPTS
306
THE APPROACH TO METAPHYSICS
310

WHAT IS A LEADING PRINCIPLE ?
129
THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
135
ABDUCTION AND INDUCTION
150
ON THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCEs with Later REFLECTIONS
157
THE PROBABILITY OF INDUCTION
174
THE GENERAL THEORY OF PROBABLE INFERENCE
190
THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY EXAMINED
324
THE LAW OF MIND
339
SYNECHISM FALLIBILISM AND EVOLUTION
354
EVOLUTIONARY LOVE
361
THE CONCEPT OF GOD
375
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