Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher and pragmatist, Charles S. Peirce (1839-1913). These themes center on the question of how we are to investigate the world rationally. Hookway shows how Peirce's ideas about this continue to play an important role in contemporary philosophy.

Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism: Themes from Peirce

Politics & Social Sciences

Hookway, Christopher

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher and pragmatist, Charles S. Peirce (1839-1913). These themes center on the question of how we are to investigate the world rationally. Hookway shows how Peirce's ideas about this continue to play an important role in contemporary philosophy.

Clarendon Press

Christopher Hookway presents a series of essays on the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1913), the "founder of pragmatism" and one of the most important and original American philosophers. Peirce made significant contributions to the development of formal logic and to the study of the normative standards we should follow in carrying out inquiries and enhancing our knowledge in science and mathematics. In The Pragmatic Maxim, Hookway explores Peirce's writings on truth, science, and the nature of meaning, which have become steadily more influential over recent decades. He demonstrates how Peirce's ideas can contribute to and inform philosophical understanding in debates that continue today. The first seven chapters explore the framework of Peirce's thought, especially his fallibilism and his rejection of scepticism, and his contributions to the pragmatist understanding of truth and reality. Like Frege and Husserl, among others, Peirce rejected psychologism and used phenomenological foundations to defend the system of categories. The final three chapters are concerned with 'the pragmatic maxim', a rule for clarifying the contents of concepts and ideas. Hookway explores the different strategies Peirce employed to demonstrate the correctness of the maxim, and thus of pragmatism. As well as studying and evaluating Peirce's views, The Pragmatic Maxim discusses the relations between the views of Peirce and other pragmatist philosophers such as William James, C. I. Lewis, and Richard Rorty.

The Pragmatic Maxim: Essays on Peirce and pragmatism

Scepticism (Problems of Philosophy)

Scepticism is a subject which has preoccupied philosophers for two thousand years. This book presents an historical perspective on scepticism by considering contrasting views, such as those of Sextus Empiricus, Descartes and Hume, on why scepticism is important. With its historical perspective and analysis of contemporary discussions, Scepticism provides a broad focus on the subject, differing from other discussions of the topic in the importance it attaches to scepticism both in Greek thought and in pre-twentieth century views generally.

Routledge

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Peirce - Hookway (Arguments of the Philosophers)

Peirce-Arg Philosophers (Arguments of the Philosophers)

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reference

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the work of Willard van Orman Quine, one of the most notable American philosophers of the post-war period. An understanding of Quine's work should assist anyone who wishes to follow contemporary debates in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind and metaphysics.

Quine (Key contemporary thinkers)

Polity Press

Quine (Key Contemporary Thinkers)

Polity

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Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism: Themes from Peirce

Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism: Themes from Peirce

The Pragmatic Maxim: Essays on Peirce and pragmatism

Scepticism (Problems of Philosophy)

Peirce - Hookway (Arguments of the Philosophers)

Peirce-Arg Philosophers (Arguments of the Philosophers)

Peirce-Arg Philosophers (Arguments of the Philosophers)

Scepticism (Problems of Philosophy)

Quine (Key contemporary thinkers)

Quine (Key Contemporary Thinkers)