Charles S. Peirce, 1839-1914 : an Intellectual Biography.
This work is the intellectual biography of the greatest of American philosophers. Peirce was not only a pioneer in logic and the creator of a philosophical movement pragmatism he also proposed a phenomenological theory, quite different from that of Husserl, but equal in profundity; and long before S...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1990
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Summary: | This work is the intellectual biography of the greatest of American philosophers. Peirce was not only a pioneer in logic and the creator of a philosophical movement pragmatism he also proposed a phenomenological theory, quite different from that of Husserl, but equal in profundity; and long before Saussure, and in a totally different spirit, a semiotic theory whose present interest owes nothing to passing fashion and everything to its fecundity. Throughout his life Peirce wrote continually about sign and phenomenon (or phaneron). Consequently his writings must be studied chronologically if the. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (123 pages) |
ISBN: | 9789027274359 9027274355 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |