Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life
Joseph Brent
An extraordinary, inspiring portrait of the largely forgotten Peirce, a progenitor of modern thought who devised a realist metaphysics and attempted to achieve direct knowledge of God by applying the logic of science. Includes new glossary and detailed chronology. 36 photos.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780253211613
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Philosophy of Charles Sanders PeirceAmerican pragmatismLife of a philosopher and scientist
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(1993)
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