The normative thought of Charles S. Peirce / edited by Cornelis de Waal and Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Waal, Cornelis.

Skowroński, Krzysztof Piotr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 321 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This volume of eleven essays collects diverse applications of and investigations into Charles Sanders Pierce's thoughts about normativity. They are select contributions to an American/European conference on philosophy and have been extensively peer-reviewed. The first two essays explore jazz composition and musical phenomena in general with an eye toward semiotics. Others consider the critical link between theoretical and practical ethics, the compatibility of Peirce's ethics and a principle of meliorism or the desire to improve future generations, flexible logical control in moral and cognitive autonomy, the use and abuse of identifying truth with an ideal consensus, and questions about the distinction between metaphysics and ethics. These essays, while well written, are not introductory material on Pierce's thought. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Traditions of Innovation and Improvisation: Jazz as Metaphor, Philosophy as Jazz / Vincent Colapietro Colapietro, Vincent 1

2 Normative Judgment in Jazz: A Semiotic Framework / Kelly A. Parker Parker, Kelly A. 26

3 Charles Peirce on Ethics / James Liszka Liszka, James 44

4 Who's Afraid of Charles Sanders Peirce?: Knocking Some Critical Common Sense into Moral Philosophy / Cornelis de Waal Waal, Cornelis de 83

5 Peirce's Moral "Realicism" / Rosa Maria Mayorga Mayorga, Rosa Maria 101

6 Improving Our Habits: Peirce and Meliorism / Mats Bergman Bergman, Mats 125

7 Self-Control, Values, and Moral Development: Peirce on the Value-driven Dynamics of Human Morality / Helmut Pape Pape, Helmut 149

8 Why Is the Normativity of Logic Based on Rules? / Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko 172

9 Unassailable Belief and Ideal-Limit Opinion: Is Agreement Important for Truth? / Mateusz W. Oleksy Oleksy, Mateusz W. 185

10 The Normativity of Communication: Norms and Ideals in Peirce's Speculative Rhetoric / Ignacio Redondo Redondo, Ignacio 214

11 Peircean Modal (and Moral?) Realism(s): Remarks on the Normative Methodology of Pragmatist Metaphysics / Sami Pihlström Pihlström, Sami 231.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held June 26-30, 2007 at Opole University, Poland.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.

ISBN:

0823242447

9780823242443

OCLC:

760975592

Publisher Number:

99951505393