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Author: Christopher Hookway (, University of Sheffield)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780199256587
ISBN 10: 0199256586
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 05 December 2002
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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<br> Truth, Rationality and Pragmatism presents the fruits of Christopher Hookway's thinking about the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce since the publication of Peirce in 1985. Unlike the earlier work, this 'does not pretend to be a general introduction to Peirce's philosophy [but]...deals [instead] with a range of important and central issues in more detail than was possible in that volume.' --Canadian Journal of Philosophy<p><br> Whether or not you are interested in Charles Sanders Peirce you should read this book. For it is good for your soul to be exposed to such a brilliant exercise in the history of philosophy. Hookway combines a bulldog-like reading of the text, in which numerous aporias are brought to the fore, with a Houdini-like ability to escape from them. It takes someone who is a very good philosopher in his own right to accomplish this. The Peirce that emerges from his imaginative reconstruction and extension of the text is a very exciting philosopher, who has a lot t
Review from previous edition a significant contribution to our understanding and appreciation of Peirce's philosophy Ruth Anna Putnam, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science For anyone interested in Peirce's philosophy, whether she be a rank amateur or an accomplished Peirce scholar or anything in between, reading this book provides numerous insights and challenges; as an added bonus, it is eminently readable. Ruth Anna Putnam, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Truth, Rationality and Pragmatism presents the fruits of Christopher Hookway's thinking about the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce since the publication of Peirce in 1985. Unlike the earlier work, this 'does not pretend to be a general introduction to Peirce's philosophy [but]...deals [instead] with a range of important and central issues in more detail than was possible in that volume.' --Canadian Journal of Philosophy<br> Whether or not you are interested in Charles Sanders Peirce you should read this book. For it is good for your soul to be exposed to such a brilliant exercise in the history of philosophy. Hookway combines a bulldog-like reading of the text, in which numerous aporias are brought to the fore, with a Houdini-like ability to escape from them. It takes someone who is a very good philosopher in his own right to accomplish this. The Peirce that emerges from his imaginative reconstruction and extension of the text is a very exciting philosopher, who has a lot to say to contemporaries. --Richard M. Gale, Philosophical Quarterly<br>
