Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is likely the greatest philosophical thinker America has ever produced. His contributions to philosophy would inspire other American philosophers such as William James and John Dewey. Peirce's contributions, however, extend far beyond philosophy proper. Interpreting logic as the discipline that is devoted to the question of how one should reason, he saw himself first and foremost as a logician, one inspired by the desire to penetrate into the logic of things. This, more than anything, enabled him to do ground-breaking work in a great variety of areas, including several that were yet to develop. In part because of this, Peirce has been called the American Aristotle and the American da Vinci. It is precisely this attitude of wanting to penetrate into the logic of things, and to develop the tools for doing so, that keeps Peirce relevant today. The Oxford Handbook of Charles S. Peirce brings together thirty-four original essays on his work, showcasing state-of-the-art research in a broad variety of areas. Among other things, the Handbook touches upon phenomenology, logic, aesthetics, ethics, semiotics, physics, mathematics--and, of course, the tradition of pragmatism for which Peirce is well known as the founder, and which has enjoyed increased attention in recent years.
Preface Introduction, Cornelis de Waal A Note on References to the Primary Literature Life and Career 1. Peirce's Journey to the End of Inquiry: The Tenure of the Soul, Daniel L. Everett 2. The Cosmopolitan Peirce: His Five Visits to Europe, Jaime Nubiola and Sara Barrena 3. Peirce's Thwarted Career, Cheryl Misak Phenomenology and the Normative Sciences 4. Peirce's Formal and Material Categories in Phenomenology, Richard Atkins 5. The Vicissitudes of Experience, Nathan Houser 6. Charles S. Peirce on the Inquiry into the Discovery of Ideals, Norms, and Values, Tiago Da Costa E. Silva 7. The Aesthetic Imperative: From Normative Science and Self-Control to Somaesthetics, Richard Shusterman 8. Morality and Ethics in the Work of Charles Peirce, James Jakób Liszka 9. Agapic Love and the Growth of Concrete Reasonableness, Juliana Acosta López de Mesa and Daniel G. Campos Logic and Mathematics 10. Why Study Logic?, Mark Migotti 11. Peirce's Philosophy of Logic, Leila Haaparanta 12. Peirce's Abduction and Its Interpretations, Ilkka Niiniluoto 13. Peirce's Theories of generalized propositions, Frederik Stjernfelt 14. Existential Graphs: History and Interpretation, Francesco Bellucci and Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen 15. Peirce on Diagrammatic Thinking and Diagrammatic Representations, Chiara Ambrosio 16. The Logic and Mathematics of Charles S. Peirce, Louis H. Kauffman 17. Advances in Peirce's Mathematics, Fernando Zalamea Pragmatism 18. Pragmatisms?, Philip Kitcher 19. Why Philosophers must be Pragmatists: Taking cues from Peirce, Cornelis de Waal 20. Theory, Practice, and Deliberation: Peirce's Pragmatism Comprehensively Conceived, Vincent Colapietro 21. Pragmatic Clarification: Contexts and Purposes, Mats Bergman 22. Peirce, Perception, and Empiricism, Aaron Bruce Wilson Metaphysics 23. Peirce on Reality and Existence, Robert Lane 24. Scientific Pride and Metaphysical Prejudice: Ens Quantum Ens, Quantum Theory, and Peirce, Rosa Mayorga 25. Peirce on Kant's Refutation of Idealism, Gabriele Gava 26. Peirce on Truth, Andrew Howat 27. Peirce and Religion, Gary Slater 28. A Science Like Any Other: A Peircean Metaphysics of Sex?, Shannon Dea Science and Semiotics 29. Charles S. Peirce and the Feeling of Understanding: The Power and Limit of Science from a Pragmatist Perspective, Herman C.D.G. de Regt 30. Peirce's Views on Education and Learning, Torjus Midtgarden 31. The Philosophical Relevance of Peirce's Historical Studies, Tullio Viola 32. Diagrams, Semiosis and Peirce's Metaphor, Tony Jappy 33. Peirce on Biology: A Critical Review, Kalevi Kull 34. Peirce's Universal Grammar: Some Implications for Modern Linguistics, Daniel L. Everett
Cornelis de Waal is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Indianapolis and Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. Previously, he was one of the editors of The Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition. De Waal has edited several books, including Charles Peirce's Illustrations of the Logic of Science and Susan Haack: A Lady of Distinctions, and he is author of Introducing Pragmatism: A Tool for Rethinking Philosophy, and Charles S. Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed.
