The Normative Thought of Charles S. Peirce / / ed. by Krysztof Piotr Skowroski, Cornelis de Waal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Bergman, Mats,; Colapietro, Vincent,; Liszka, James,; Mayorga, Rosa Maria,; Oleksy, Mateusz W.,; Pape, Helmut,; Parker, Kelly A.,; Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko,; Pihlström, Sami,; Redondo, Ignacio,; Waal, Cornelis De,
• HerausgeberIn: Skowroski, Krysztof Piotr,; de Waal, Cornelis,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: American Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 9 Illustrations, black and white

This volume explores the three normative sciences that Peirce distinguished (aesthetics, ethics, and logic) and their relation to phenomenology and metaphysics. The essays approach this topic from a variety of angles, ranging from questions concerning the normativity of logic to an application of Peirce’s semiotics to John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” A recurrent question throughout is whether a moral theory can be grounded in Peirce’s work, despite his rather vehement denial that this can be done. Some essays ask whether a dichotomy exists between theoretical and practical ethics. Other essays show that Peirce’s philosophy embraces meliorism, examine the role played by self-control, seek to ground communication theory in Peirce’s speculative rhetoric, or examine the normative aspect of the notion of truth.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Traditions of Innovation and Improvisation: Jazz as Metaphor, Philosophy as Jazz -- 2. Normative Judgment in Jazz: A Semiotic Framework -- 3. Charles Peirce on Ethics -- 4. Who’s Afraid of Charles Sanders Peirce?: Knocking Some Critical Common Sense into Moral Philosophy -- 5. Peirce’s Moral “Realicism” -- 6. Improving Our Habits: Peirce and Meliorism -- 7. Self-Control, Values, and Moral Development: Peirce on the Value-driven Dynamics of Human Morality -- 8. Why Is the Normativity of Logic Based on Rules? -- 9. Unassailable Belief and Ideal-Limit Opinion: Is Agreement Important for Truth? -- 10. The Normativity of Communication: Norms and Ideals in Peirce’s Speculative Rhetoric -- Peircean Modal (and Moral?) Realism(s): Remarks on the Normative Methodology of Pragmatist Metaphysics -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index