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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839--1914) has often been referred to as
one of the most important North American philosophers, but the real
extent of his philosophical importance is only now beginning to
emerge. Peirce's pragmaticism' (his own term) may provide the key
to an epistemological theory which avoids both the Scylla of
foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism. Peirce's Logic',
linked to a conception of knowledge and of science, is increasingly
coming to be recognised as the only possible one. In Living Doubt,
26 papers are presented by some of the world's leading
philosophers, demonstrating the rich and cosmopolitan variety of
approach to Peirce's epistemology. The contributions are grouped
under three general headings: Knowledge, truth and the pragmatic
principle; Peirce and the epistemological tradition; and Knowledge,
language and semeiotic.
From Cause to Causation presents both a critical analysis of C.S.
Peirce's conception of causation, and a novel approach to
causation, based upon the semeiotic of Peirce.
The book begins with a review of the history of causation, and with
a critical discussion of contemporary theories of the concept of
cause'. The author uncovers a number of inadequacies in the
received views of causation, and discusses their historical roots.
He makes a distinction between "causality," which is the relation
between cause and effect, and causation, which is the production of
a certain effect. He argues that, by focusing on causality, the
contemporary theories fatally neglect the more fundamental problem
of causation. The author successively discusses Peirce's theories
of final causation, natural classes, semeiotic, and semeiotic
causation. Finally, he uses Peirce's semeiotic to develop a new
approach to causation, which relates causation to our experience of
signs.
From Cause to Causation presents both a critical analysis of C.S.
Peirce's conception of causation, and a novel approach to
causation, based upon the semeiotic of Peirce.
The book begins with a review of the history of causation, and with
a critical discussion of contemporary theories of the concept of
cause'. The author uncovers a number of inadequacies in the
received views of causation, and discusses their historical roots.
He makes a distinction between "causality," which is the relation
between cause and effect, and causation, which is the production of
a certain effect. He argues that, by focusing on causality, the
contemporary theories fatally neglect the more fundamental problem
of causation. The author successively discusses Peirce's theories
of final causation, natural classes, semeiotic, and semeiotic
causation. Finally, he uses Peirce's semeiotic to develop a new
approach to causation, which relates causation to our experience of
signs.
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839--1914) has often been referred to as
one of the most important North American philosophers, but the real
extent of his philosophical importance is only now beginning to
emerge. Peirce's pragmaticism' (his own term) may provide the key
to an epistemological theory which avoids both the Scylla of
foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism. Peirce's Logic',
linked to a conception of knowledge and of science, is increasingly
coming to be recognised as the only possible one. In Living Doubt,
26 papers are presented by some of the world's leading
philosophers, demonstrating the rich and cosmopolitan variety of
approach to Peirce's epistemology. The contributions are grouped
under three general headings: Knowledge, truth and the pragmatic
principle; Peirce and the epistemological tradition; and Knowledge,
language and semeiotic.
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