| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 212 pages) |
| Series |
American philosophy series ; no. 4 |
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American philosophy series ; 4.
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Fordham American philosophy
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| Contents |
Charles Sanders Peirce: an overview -- Peirce's British connection -- Peirce on normative science -- Action through thought: the ethics if inquiry -- Normative science and the pragmatic maxim -- Peirce's pragmatic maxim: realist or nominalist? -- Peirce on "substance" and "foundations" -- Peirce on continuity -- Objective chance: Lonergan and Peirce on scientific generalization -- C.S. Peirce and religious experience -- "Vaguely like a man": the theism of Charles S. Peirce -- C.S. Peirce's argument for God's reality: a pragmatist's view |
| Summary |
This text focuses primarily on Charles Sanders Peirce's realism, pragmatism, & theism, with attention to his tychism & synechism. It is a collection of the author's essays on Peirce. The essays run counter to many selective readings of Peirce, including those encouraged by his friend & champion, William James. The influence of Bernard Lonergan & John E. Smith on the author is clear throughout. In the work, the author brought several distinctive assets to his scholarship. First, his appreciation & understanding of medieval philosophy enriched his discussion of John Duns Scotus's influence on Peirce's 'scholastic realism.' Second, a background in the history of science & mathematics generated careful discussions of Peirce's analysis of probability in physics & of the continuum in mathematics. Finally, knowledge of theology yielded fruitful explorations of Peirce's argument of God's reality as vaguely like a man |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914
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| SUBJECT |
Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914
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Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 fast |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Pragmatism.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Colapietro, Vincent Michael, 1950-
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| ISBN |
0823285227 |
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9780823285228 |
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0823284832 |
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9780823284832 |
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0823216152 |
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9780823216154 |
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0823216160 |
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9780823216161 |
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