Peirce and the threat of nominalism / Paul Forster.

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Forster, Paul, 1957-

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9781139077514
1139077511
9781139079808
1139079808
9781139082075
1139082078
9780511921223
0511921225
1107213045
9781107213043
1139063030
9781139063036
1283112302
9781283112307
9786613112309
6613112305
1139069489
9781139069489

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Peirce and the threat of nominalism.DDC classification:

191 22

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B945.P44 F67 2011eb

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PHI016000

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Contents:

Nominalism as demonic doctrine -- Logic, philosophy and the special sciences -- Continuity and the problem of universals -- Continuity and meaning: Peirce's pragmatic maxim -- Logical foundations of Peirce's pragmatic maxim -- Experience and its role in inquiry -- Inquiry as self-corrective -- Theories of truth: Peirce versus the nominalists -- Order out of chaos: Peirce's evolutionary cosmology -- A universe of chance: foundations of Peirce's indeterminism -- From inquiry to ethics: the pursuit of truth as moral ideal.

Summary: "Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy, mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics, religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce scholars and for those new to his work"-- Provided by publisher

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"Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy, mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics, religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce scholars and for those new to his work"-- Provided by publisher