Representative practices : Peirce, pragmatism, and feminist epistemology / Kory Spencer Sorrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorrell, Kory Spencer.

Series:

American philosophy series ; no. 15.

American philosophy series ; no. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914.

Peirce, Charles S.

Representation (Philosophy).

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xx, 202 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Although widely recognized as founder and key figure in the current re-emergence of pragmatism, Charles Peirce is rarely brought into contemporary dialogue. In this book, Kory Sorrell shows that Peirce has much to offer contemporary debate and deepens the value of Peirces view of representation in light of feminist epistemology, philosophy of science, and cultural anthropology. Drawing also on William James and John Dewey, Sorrell identifies ways in which bias, authority, and purpose are ineluctable constituents of shared representation. He nevertheless defends Peirces realistic account of representation, showing how the independently real world both constrains social representation and informs its content. Most importantly, Sorrell shows how members of a given community not only represent but transform a shared worldand how those practices of representation may, and should, be improved.

Contents:

Peirce's categories : a first glimpse at representation

The substance of Peirce's categories : the world phenomenologically conceived

Mapping the province : from the mirror of nature to constructive representation

Communities of inquiry : authority, constraint, and inclusivity

Mediation and normative science : toward an ethic of representation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.

ISBN:

082322354X

OCLC:

55679955