Peirce on Signs: Writings on SemioticCharles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is rapidly becoming recognized as the greatest American philosopher. At the center of his philosophy was a revolutionary model of the way human beings think. Peirce, a logician, challenged traditional models by describing thoughts not as "ideas" but as "signs," external to the self and without meaning unless interpreted by a subsequent thought. His general theory of signs -- or semiotic -- is especially pertinent to methodologies currently being debated in many disciplines. This anthology, the first one-volume work devoted to Peirce's writings on semiotic, provides a much-needed, basic introduction to a complex aspect of his work. James Hoopes has selected the most authoritative texts and supplemented them with informative headnotes. His introduction explains the place of Peirce's semiotic in the history of philosophy and compares Peirce's theory of signs to theories developed in literature and linguistics. |
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An Essay on the Limits of Religious Thought | 14 |
On a New List of Categories | 23 |
Questions concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for | 34 |
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absolutely abstract action argument belief body called Cartesian dualism character Charles Sanders Peirce conceived conception conclusion consciousness consequently consider consists Deduction definition depends determined distinct doctrine doubt dyadic relations element essay example existence experience explain external fact faculty false feeling finite follows force habit Hence hypostatic abstraction hypothesis idea immediate induction inference interpretant intuition kind knowledge known logic logicians matter Max Fisch meaning mediate mental metaphysical method mind mode molecules motion nature nerve-cell nominalistic object opinion Peirce Peirce's perception phenomena philosophy physical Pragmaticism predicate premises present previous cognitions principle proposition protoplasm question realist reality reason reference regard relation represent representation scholasticism semiotic sensation sense sign relation signifies simply sophisms substance suppose supposition syllogism term theory things third thought tion triadic relation true truth unconscious inference universal universal proposition validity virial word