Peirce's Account of Purposefulness

A Kantian Perspective

Gabriele Gava

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English

Routledge
03 June 2014

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy

This book presents a systematic interpretation of Charles S. Peirce’s work based on a Kantian understanding of his teleological account of thought and inquiry. Departing from readings that contrast Peirce’s treatment of purpose, end, and teleology with his early studies of Kant, Gabriele Gava instead argues that focusing on Peirce’s purposefulness as a necessary regulative (in the Kantian sense) condition for inquiry and semiotic processes allows for a transcendental interpretation of Peirce’s philosophical project. The author advances this interpretation through presenting original views on aspects of Peirce’s thought, including: a detailed analysis of Peirce’s ‘methodeutic’ and ‘speculative rhetoric,’ as well as his ‘critical common-sensism’; a comparison between Peirce’s and James’ pragmatisms in view of the account of purposefulness Gava puts forth; and an examination of the logical relationships that order Peirce’s architectonic classification of the sciences.

By: Gabriele Gava
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780415731812
ISBN 10: 041573181X
Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 03 June 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gabriele Gava is research associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Reviews for Peirce's Account of Purposefulness: A Kantian Perspective

Gava offers a nuanced and strenuously argued defense for reading Peirce through a transcendental lens. This is an original study that will act as a rallying point for this school on interpreters - and a large target for its rivals. -- Vincent Colapietro, Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, USA