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Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), bekannt als Logiker, Philosoph, Mathematiker und Physiker, zahlt zu den wichtigsten Denkern der modernen Wissenschaftsgeschichte. In der spaten und wichtigsten Phase seines Schaffens (1891-1909) hat er programmatische Aufsatze sowie ausgewahlte Vorlesungen explizit als eine Reihe fur die Zeitschrift "The Monist" konzipiert, Beitrage, von denen bislang nur Ausschnitte und stark revidierte Fassungen veroffentlicht worden sind. Die erstmalige und vollstandige Veroffentlichung der "Monist"-Texte in diesem Band beabsichtigt eine zeitgemasse Annaherung an das...

"The volumes are handsomely produced and carefully edited, ... For the first time we have available in an intelligible form the writings of one of the greatest philosophers of the past hundred years... " --The Times Literary Supplement

..". an extremely handsome and impressive book; it is an equally impressive piece of scholarship and editing." --Man and World

Volume 8 of this landmark edition follows Peirce from May 1890 through July 1892--a period of turmoil as his career unraveled at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The loss of his principal source of income meant the beginning of permanent penury and a lifelong struggle to find gainful employment. His key achievement during these years is his celebrated Monist metaphysical project, which consists of five classic articles on evolutionary cosmology. Also included are reviews and essays from The Nation in which Peirce critiques Paul Carus, William James, Auguste Comte, Cesare Lombroso, and...

The PEIRCE EDITION contains large sections of previously unpublished material in addition to selected published works. Each volume includes a brief historical and biographical introduction, extensive editorial and textual notes, and a full chronological list of all of Peirce's writings, published and unpublished, during the period covered.

The PEIRCE EDITION contains large sections of previously unpublished material in addition to selected published works. Each volume includes a brief historical and biographical introduction, extensive editorial and textual notes, and a full chronological list of all of Peirce's writings, published and unpublished, during the period covered.

The philosophy of mathematics plays a vital role in the mature philosophy of Charles S. Peirce. Peirce received rigorous mathematical training from his father and his philosophy carries on in decidedly mathematical and symbolic veins. For Peirce, math was a philosophical tool and many of his most productive ideas rest firmly on the foundation of mathematical principles. This volume collects Peirce's most important writings on the subject, many appearing in print for the first time. Peirce's determination to understand matter, the cosmos, and "the grand design" of the universe remain...

"For anyone seriously interested in Peirce, or in nineteenth-century American philosophy, or in American intellectual history, or in philosophy in general, or in semiotics and its philosophical import, these volumes should be required reading." --Murray G. Murphey, Semiotica

The first six volumes of the Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce included Peirce's main writings in general philosophy, logic (deductive, inductive, and symbolic), pragmatism, and metaphysics. Volumes VII and VIII are a continuation of this series. Originally published as two separate volumes, they now appear in one book as part of the Belknap Press edition. Volume VII contains papers on experimental science, scientific method, and philosophy of mind. Volume VIII contains selections from Peirce's reviews and correspondence and a bibliography of his published works, speeches...