{"product_id":"charles-peirce-and-modern-science-paperback-softback-9781009223522","title":"Charles Peirce and Modern Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009223522","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCharles Peirce and Modern Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues that Peirce wrote philosophy as a scientist, expanded empiricism, and conceived of science as responsible for its own philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eT. L. Short (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009223522, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an impressive book not only about Peirce's philosophy but also about how to read and interpret it.' Mousa Mohammadian, Metascience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, T. L. Short places the notorious difficulties of Peirce's important writings in a more productive light, arguing that he wrote philosophy as a scientist, by framing conjectures intended to be refined or superseded in the inquiries they initiate. He argues also that Peirce held that the methods and metaphysics of modern science are amended as inquiry progresses, making metaphysics a branch of empirical knowledge. Additionally, Short shows that Peirce's scientific work expanded empiricism on empirical grounds, grounding his phenomenology and subverting the fact\/value dichotomy, and that he understood statistical explanations in nineteenth-century science as reintroducing the idea of final causation, now made empirical. Those innovations underlie Peirce's late ideas of a normative science and of philosophy as a branch of science. Short's rich and original study shows us how to read Peirce's writings and why they are worth reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Peirce's life in science: 1859–91\u003cbr\u003e 2. Peirce's concept of science\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modern science contra classical philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The meaning of pragmatism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Misleading appearances of system\u003cbr\u003e 6. Devolution of the cosmogonic program\u003cbr\u003e 7. Experiments expanding empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Phaneroscopy and realism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Normative science\u003cbr\u003e 10. Modern science contra modernity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy, from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy,%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BHPCF%5D%22\"\u003eHPCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410866598168,"sku":"9781009223522","price":23.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009223522i.jpg?v=1784252804","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/charles-peirce-and-modern-science-paperback-softback-9781009223522","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}