Pragmatism and Purpose: Essays Presented to Thomas A. Goudge

Published by University of Toronto Press 1981

Pragmatism and Purpose

Essays Presented to Thomas A. Goudge

Edited by: Leonard Sumner , John G. Slater and Fred Wilson

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487583880

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Contents

About this book

The essays in this volume are connected with the main areas of Thomas A. Goudge's research: Peirce studies and the philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology. There are two sections, each opened with an essay on Goudge's contribution to the field.

Author / Editor information

Sumner Leonard :

Leonard W. Sumner is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Slater John G. :

John G. Slater is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.Wilson Fred :

is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Part One: The Thought of C.S. Peirce
The Unity of Peirce's Thought David Savan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Peirce on Historical Explanation J. W. Burbidge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
The 'Proof' of Pragmatism Max H. Fisch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Peirce's Remarkable Theorem Hans G. Herzberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Scientific Inference: Peirce and the Humean Tradition Edward H. Madden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
The Labeling Problem Don D. Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Peirce and Descartes: Doubt and the Logic of Discovery Peter A. Schouls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
James, Santayana, Tarski, and Pragmatism T.L.S. Sprigge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Peirce on Truth H.S. Thayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Peirce's Conception of an Individual Manley Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Part Two: The Ascent of Life
Goudge's Contribution to Philosophy of Science Fred Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Historical Narratives and Integrating Explanations David L. Hull Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Life, Vis Inertiae, and the Mechanical Philosophy Robert McRae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
The Ascent of Consciousness Roland Puccetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
The Interaction of Evolutionary and Genetic Theory Alexander Rosenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Philosophical Aspects of the Darwinian Revolution Michael Ruse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Evolution and the Necessities of Thought Barry Stroud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
The Autonomy of a Logic of Discovery Paul R. Thagard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Emergence Revisited R.E. Tully Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Is Biology a Different Type of Science? Mary B. Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
List of Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
The Published Works of Thomas A. Goudge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 368

eBook

Published: December 15, 1981
ISBN: 9781487583880