Charles Sanders Peirce Pragmatism and Education /

• Main Author: Plowright, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Semantics.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.

This book introduces a number of selected ideas from the work of Charles Sanders Peirce, the founder of pragmatism. Peirce, pronounced ‘purse’, was born in America in 1839 and died in 1914. He published little in his own lifetime and he continually struggled to become recognised as a respected autho...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• A note on referencing Peirce’s writings
• 1 The Story of Charles Sanders Peirce
• 2 Introducing Pragmatism
• 3 Inquiry and Inferential Thinking
• 4 Inferential Logic and Inquiry
• 5 Semiotics: The Theory of Signs
• 6 Semiotics Continued
• 7 The Categories
• 8 Final Words
• References
• Index.