ABSTRACT

This is Volume II of six in a series on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy. Originally published in 1940 this is a selection of writings of Peirce and its purpose this volume contains Peirce's best work and the authors hopes is at the same time thoroughly representative of his philosophy as a whole.

chapter 1|4 pages

Concerning the Author *

chapter 2|18 pages

The Fixation of Belief *

chapter 3|19 pages

How to Make our Ideas Clear *

chapter 4|18 pages

The Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism *

chapter 6|24 pages

The Principles of Phenomenology *

chapter 7|22 pages

Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs *

chapter 8|9 pages

The Criterion of Validity in Reasoning *

chapter 9|6 pages

What is a Leading Principle? *

chapter 10|15 pages

The Nature of Mathematics *

chapter 11|7 pages

Abduction and Induction *

chapter 13|16 pages

The Probability of Induction *

chapter 14|28 pages

The General Theory of Probable Inference *

chapter 15|10 pages

Uniformity *

chapter 16|23 pages

Some Consequences of Four Incapacities *

chapter 17|18 pages

The Essentials of Pragmatism *

chapter 19|12 pages

Critical Common-Sensism *

chapter 20|4 pages

Perceptual Judgments *

chapter 21|4 pages

Two Notes: On Motives, On Percepts *

chapter 22|5 pages

The Approach to Metaphysics *

chapter 23|9 pages

The Architecture of Theories *

chapter 24|15 pages

The Doctrine of Necessity Examined *

chapter 25|15 pages

The Law of Mind *

chapter 26|7 pages

Synechism, Fallibilism, and Evolution *

chapter 27|14 pages

Evolutionary Love *

chapter 28|4 pages

The Concept of God *