Peirceana Peirce on the Uses of History, Book 4, (Hardcover)

<p>The present book is the first to undertake a systematic study of Peirce's </p> <p>conception of historical knowledge and of its value for philosophy. It does </p> <p>so by both reconstructing in detail Peirce's arguments and giving a </p> <p>detailed account of the many ways in which history becomes an object of </p> <p>explicit reflection in his writings. </p> <p>The book's leading idea may be stated as follows: Peirce manages to put </p> <p>together an exceptionally compelling argument about history's bearing on </p> <p>philosophy not so much because he derives it from a well-articulated and </p> <p>polished conception of the relation between the two disciplines; but on </p> <p>the contrary, because he holds on to this relation while intuiting that it </p> <p>can easily turn into a conflict. This potential conflict acts therefore as a </p> <p>spur to put forth an unusually profound and multi-faceted analysis of </p> <p>what it means for philosophy to rely on historical arguments. </p> <p>Peirce looks at history as a way to render philosophical investigations </p> <p>more detailed, more concrete and more sensitive to the infinite and </p> <p>unforeseeable nuances that characterize human experience. In this way, </p> <p>he provides us with an exceptionally valuable contribution to a question </p> <p>that has remained gravely under-theorized in contemporary debates. </p>

• Peirceana Peirce on the Uses of History, Book 4, (Hardcover)
• Author: de Gruyter
• ISBN: 9783110649499
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2020-10-12
• Page Count: 261