Charles Peirce's Empiricism, Volume 1This is Volume I of six in a series on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy. Originally published in 1939, this study looks Charles Peirce, who characterized himself as a mere table of contents, so abstract, a very snarl of twine. The purpose of the following pages is to clarify Peirce in some measure, partly by restatement, partly by filling the lacunae in his thought with what the author thinks are its implications. |
Contents
PART I | 1 |
Terminology | 3 |
Cognition Material Quality of Cognition Theory of Signs | 4 |
Every Cognition is Judicative | 6 |
Peirces Thesis Further on the Usage of Intuition | 8 |
Associational not the Same as Causal Determination ΙΟ | 10 |
Why Intuitive Cognitions need not be Assumed II | 11 |
No Necessity of Assuming a First Cognition | 16 |
Doubt Belief and Empirical Science | 64 |
The Meaning of Truth and of Reality | 71 |
The Principle of Fallibilism | 74 |
Peirce and the Cartesian Tradition | 78 |
The Meaning of Common Sense and of Ex perience | 79 |
Peirce and Contemporary Logical Empiricism | 86 |
The Criterion with Respect to Sentences | 116 |
Peirces Realism | 123 |
Peirces Use of Self | 18 |
Percepts and Perceptual Judgments | 20 |
Generality and Vagueness | 23 |
PRAGMATISM | 26 |
Why Intuitive Cognition is not Possible | 31 |
Abduction and Induction | 36 |
The Abductive and Inductive Character of Thought | 38 |
Peirce and the Scottish School | 44 |
Three Categories of the Mind Immediate Per ception | 49 |
The Indubitable Propositions | 54 |
The Meaning of Indubitable | 56 |
The Social and Perceptual Indubitables | 59 |
Theoretical and Practical Beliefs | 62 |
The Element of Conventionalism in Peirce | 139 |
Purified Philosophy | 149 |
Sentences about Feelings | 161 |
General Remarks on Parts I and | 174 |
Icon Index and Symbol | 200 |
The Nature of Mathematics | 209 |
The Empirical Interpretation of Probability | 230 |
Probability and Induction | 241 |
Peirce and Kant | 254 |
Conclusion | 260 |
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abduction absolutely According to Peirce actually algebra ampliative inference analysis applies argument assertion character Chauncey Wright cognition common sense conception conclusion conscious consequences critical common-sensism defined definition Descartes determined distinction distinguish doctrine doubt empiricism essential evidence experience experimental expressed external fact fallibilism feeling formal habit hypothesis icon indubitable beliefs induction inquiry instance inter intuitive knowledge James Kant kind knowledge leading principle logical empiricism logical interpretant material quality mathematics matter ment mental metaphysics method mind necessary inference object observed opinion original beliefs Peirce calls Peirce says Peirce's criterion Peirce's view perception perceptionist perceptual judgments philosophy positivists possible pragmatic criterion Pragmaticism precise predicate premisses probable deduction properties proposition purely demonstrative reasoning regarded Reid relation result rules scientific scientific method semiotic sense of duality sentences simply speak speculative grammar synthetic proposition synthetic statement term theoretical belief theory things thought tion true truth vagueness validity word