Charles Peirce's Theory of Scientific Method / / Francis E. Reilly.

This book is an attempt to understand a significant part of the complex thought of Charles Sanders Peirce, especially in those areas which interested him most: scientific method and related philosophical questions. It is organized primarily from Peirce's own writings, taking chronological setti...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Orestes Brownson series on contemporary thought and affairs ; Number 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 200 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE: PHILOSOPHER, SCIENTIST, WRITER
  • II THE SCIENTIST'S CONCERN: KNOWLEDGE FOR ITS OWN SAKE
  • III THE STAGES OF THE METHOD (i): EXPERIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
  • IV THE STAGES OF THE METHOD (ii): DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION
  • V THE MODERATE FALLIBILISM OF SCIENCE
  • VI SOME EVALUATIONS
  • APPENDIX
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX