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Realism and Individualism
Charles S. Peirce and the Threat of Modern Nominalism
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Realism and Individualism. Charles S. Peirce and the Threat of Modern Nominalism discusses the main problems, tenets, assumptions, and arguments involved in Charles S. Peirce's early and late realist stances and subjects to critical scrutiny the still dominant view that Pragmatic Realism merely extends or refines new arguments in support of Scholastic Realism without questioning its basic assumptions. The book presents a critical overview of Peirce’s views on modern nominalism and offers a novel approach to the social-anthropological underpinnings of his realism, especially Pragmatic Realism vis à vis the individualist tendencies in modern thought.
The book is of interest to scholars and students of philosophy, especially students of American pragmatism, anthropology, linguistic pragmatics, as well as to anyone interested in Charles S. Peirce, Duns Scotus, Ockham, and generally to semioticians, social scientists, and sociologists.
The book is of interest to scholars and students of philosophy, especially students of American pragmatism, anthropology, linguistic pragmatics, as well as to anyone interested in Charles S. Peirce, Duns Scotus, Ockham, and generally to semioticians, social scientists, and sociologists.
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Cornelis de Waal, University of Indiana, Editor-in-Chief Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society:
This is a truly outstanding work on Peirce’s lifelong crusade against modern nominalism and the individualism it spurred. Mateusz Oleksy does a superb job detailing Peirce’s reading of the schoolmen — especially Scotus and Ockham — and of the advent of nominalism in the modern era, which is also the age of science. Oleksy concludes with an excellent discussion of Peirce’s anti-individualism and what he terms Peirce’s pragmatic realism. Likely to stir controversy this book is a must read for anyone who has an interest in Peirce, the nominalist-realist debate, or the future of science.
This is a truly outstanding work on Peirce’s lifelong crusade against modern nominalism and the individualism it spurred. Mateusz Oleksy does a superb job detailing Peirce’s reading of the schoolmen — especially Scotus and Ockham — and of the advent of nominalism in the modern era, which is also the age of science. Oleksy concludes with an excellent discussion of Peirce’s anti-individualism and what he terms Peirce’s pragmatic realism. Likely to stir controversy this book is a must read for anyone who has an interest in Peirce, the nominalist-realist debate, or the future of science.
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About the author
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. Scholastic realism and the coming of the age of individualism
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Chapter 2. Crusade against modern nominalism
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Chapter 3. Pragmatic realism
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Chapter 4. Community and individual: Pragmatic realism from a socioindividualist-atomist perspective
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Afterword
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References
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Index of names
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Index of terms
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