Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher and logician who founded pragmatism and semiotics, though his academic career was largely unsuccessful. His theory of signs and his concept of abduction (inference to the best explanation) have been enormously influential in logic, philosophy of science, and cognitive science. James credited him as the originator of pragmatism.
Works
- Collected PapersComprehensive eight-volume collection of Peirce's writings on pragmatism
- How to Make Our Ideas ClearEssay on pragmatic method for achieving clarity in thinking
- The Fixation of BeliefPragmatist epistemology on how belief forms through inquiry
- On a New List of CategoriesMetaphysical work establishing basic categories of phenomenological experience
- Semiotics and SignificsTheory of signs and meaning in communication and interpretation