Peirce on Signs: Writings on Semiotic by Charles Sanders Peirce

by Charles Sanders Peirce and Hoopes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807843423
• ISBN13: 9780807843420
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"