Charles S. Peirce: Selected Writings on Semiotics, 1894-1912

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contains the "the first chapter of the unfinished logic treatise of 1902" (PDF p. 13), Minute Logic (PDF p. 95 ff.)

CP | Title | Note
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1.203–283 | A Detailed Classification of the Sciences | Section 1, ch. 2 [“Pre-logical Notions”], of the “Minute Logic,” 1902.
1.575–584 | Ultimate Goods | “Minute Logic,” ch. 4, 1902-3.
2.1–202 | Critical Analysis of Logical Theories | “Intended Characters of this Treatise,” ch. 1 of the “Minute Logic” (1902).
.79 | Partial Synopsis of a Proposed Work in Logic | The remainder of ch. 1 of the “Minute Logic.”
.119 | Why Study Logic? | Second section of the second chapter, “Pre-logical Notions” of the “Minute Logic.”
4.227–323 | The Simplest Mathematics | Chapter 3 of the “Minute Logic,” dated January-February, 1902.
6.349–352 | Reality [essentia?] and Existence [ente?] | §§7 and 8 form a digression in ch. 4 of the Minute Logic (1902-3).
7.279 | in: History of Science, § "3 Stages of Physical Research" | Section 1, “Classification of the Sciences,” of Minute Logic, Chapter 2, “Prelogical Notions”
7.374n10 | Nomological Psychognosy |
7.362–387 except 381n19 | Psychognosy | Section 1, “Classification of the Sciences,” of Minute Logic, Chapter 2, “Prelogical Notions”

Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914) is widely recognized as America's greatest philosopher, the originator of pragmatism, and one of the founders of modern mathematical logic. He was also a pioneer in the field of "semiotics," the general theory of signs, and many have regarded him as the father of the contemporary form of the discipline. The volume here proposed is a specialized selection of unpublished writings spanning almost twenty years (1894-1913) that are essential to understand Peirce's views about signs, their classification, and the relations between semiotics and logical inquiry. It comprises twenty-two selections, a historico-critical introduction, and an apparatus of editorial annotations. The selections are prepared following the methods of scholarly editing of philosophical texts. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in areas such as Peirce studies, the history of American philosophy and pragmatism, logic and history of logic, the history of analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, semiotics, and language sciences.