Scientific Metaphysics of Charles S. Peirce

by Gary M. Armstrong and Tim Gray

Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914) was, perhaps, first and foremost a practising or experimental scientist. However, Peirce was also a philosopher, and to him the relation between science and metaphysics was intimate. Peirce not only wanted to develop a metaphysical system consistent with the important scientific results and conceptions of his time, but also, like Immanuel Kant, to set metaphysics on the path of a science. This collection of articles investigates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845402235
• ISBN13: 9781845402235
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"