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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is rapidly becoming recognized as the greatest American philosopher. At the center of his philosophy was a revolutionary model of the way human beings think. Peirce, a logician, challenged traditional models by describing thoughts not as """"ideas"""" but as """"signs,"""" external to the self and without meaning unless interpreted by a subsequent thought. His general theory of signs -- or semiotic -- is especially pertinent to methodologies currently being debated in many disciplines. This anthology, the first one-volume work devoted to Peirce's writings on semiotic, provides a much-needed, basic introduction to a complex aspect of his work. James Hoopes has selected the most authoritative texts and supplemented them with informative headnotes. His introduction explains the place of Peirce's semiotic in the history of philosophy and compares Peirce's theory of signs to theories developed in literature and linguistics. |Analyzes the wartime politics of the Allied powers concerning war crimes, showing how their decisions led to the Nuremberg trials.

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Author:   James Hoopes ,  James Hoopes
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.451kg
ISBN:  

9780807843420

ISBN 10:   0807843423
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   30 December 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This edition will be an exemplary way for students and scholars to make a deep acquaintance with Peirce.<p>Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania

This edition will be an exemplary way for students and scholars to make a deep acquaintance with Peirce.Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania ""This edition will be an exemplary way for students and scholars to make a deep acquaintance with Peirce.Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania""

"This edition will be an exemplary way for students and scholars to make a deep acquaintance with Peirce.Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania ""This edition will be an exemplary way for students and scholars to make a deep acquaintance with Peirce.Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania"""

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James Hoopes, professor of history at Babson College, is author of Consciousness in New England: From Puritanism and Ideas to Psychoanalysis and Semiotic.

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