Strands of System: The Philosophy of Charles Peirce (Purdue University Press Series in the History of Philosophy) (History of Philosophy)

By Douglas R. Anderson

Book Overview

The American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce, best known as the founder of pragmatism, has been influential not only in the pragmatic tradition but more recently in the philosophy of science and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557530580
• ISBN13: 9781557530585
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Fine Introduction to Peirce

Peirce is a notoriously difficult philosopher to understand or explain clearly. Anderson does both exceedingly well, including two key texts with analysis, one the well-known "Fixation of Belief" and the other the much less well-known "The Neglected Argument for the Reality of God." If one is exposed to Peirce one ususally gets the "Fixation" article along with "How to Make Our Ideas Clear," leaving one with a very lopsided view of Peirce. The choice to balance the "Fixation" article with one of Peirce's most imaginative and speculative late essays is brilliant. Disregard the negative comments by the nitwit who gave this book one star. If you are looking for a helpful, reliable, clear introduction to an important philosopher, this is a good place to start.