Book ID: CBB001210617

Peirce and the Threat of Nominalism (2011)

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Forster, Paul D. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xii + 259 pp.; ill.
Language: English

From the publisher: Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy, mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics, religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce scholars and for those new to his work"-- "Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy, mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics, religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of reality and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce scholars and for those new to his work

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Authors & Contributors
Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
Campos, Daniel G.
Bellucci, Francesco
D’Oro, Giuseppina
Kyriazis, G. A.
Ma, Minghui
Concepts
Philosophy
Logic
Pragmatism; instrumentalism
Philosophy of science
Psychology
History of philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Italy
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