Peirce's Pragmatism : : The Design for Thinking / / Phyllis Chiasson.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 107
• VerfasserIn: Chiasson, Phyllis
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 107.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)

This book cuts through the complex writing style of the seminal philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce. It disentangles his ideas, explains them one by one, and then puts the pieces back together for application to educational issues. Accessible to a general readership, this study provides useful insights into Peirce's pragmatism for educators and philosophers.

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- ONE Setting the Stage -- TWO The Name Game -- THREE The Name Game - Day Two -- FOUR The Name Game - Day Three -- FIVE Before Belief and Doubt -- SIX Belief, Doubt, Critical Self, and Signs -- SEVEN Exposition of Pragmaticism -- EIGHT Components of an Experiment -- NINE Propositions -- TEN Experimental Phenomena -- ELEVEN Generality -- TWELVE Regularity -- THIRTEEN Evolution and Thought -- FOURTEEN Constructing a Conditional Purpose -- FIFTEEN Continuing into Continuity -- SIXTEEN Cosmology -- SEVENTEEN Hegel -- EIGHTEEN Engaged Intelligence -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- About the Author -- C. S. Peirce: "What Pragmatism Is" -- Index.