ABSTRACT
Josiah Royce was one of the few people in Charles Sanders Peirce's lifetime who Peirce felt really understood what he meant by pragmatism. Royce was initially drawn to Peirce through his interest in how ideas are formed. Royce stayed true to Peirce's original sense of pragmatism as action guided by beliefs that have been developed through the process of interpretation. Royce took Peirce's advice to heart, applying himself to Peircean logic to understand how social and religious communities come to their beliefs. Peter Senge advocates strongly the process of dialogue within the learning organization and describes admirably the Peircean community of inquirers and the role of interpretation through dialogue. Royce acknowledged that he owed to Peirce's "direct and indirect aid" much of the awareness and perspective he eventually reached in his central concern of loyalty. Managers such as John Hudiberg are seeing the need for dramatic change, as are a host of business consultants and other leading thinkers.
