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Emergence Revisited
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R.E. Tully
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
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Part One: The Thought of C.S. Peirce
- The Unity of Peirce's Thought 3
- Peirce on Historical Explanation 15
- The 'Proof' of Pragmatism 28
- Peirce's Remarkable Theorem 41
- Scientific Inference: Peirce and the Humean Tradition 59
- The Labeling Problem 75
- Peirce and Descartes: Doubt and the Logic of Discovery 88
- James, Santayana, Tarski, and Pragmatism 105
- Peirce on Truth 121
- Peirce's Conception of an Individual 133
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Part Two: The Ascent of Life
- Goudge's Contribution to Philosophy of Science 151
- Historical Narratives and Integrating Explanations 172
- Life, Vis Inertiae, and the Mechanical Philosophy 189
- The Ascent of Consciousness 199
- The Interaction of Evolutionary and Genetic Theory 207
- Philosophical Aspects of the Darwinian Revolution 220
- Evolution and the Necessities of Thought 236
- The Autonomy of a Logic of Discovery 248
- Emergence Revisited 261
- Is Biology a Different Type of Science? 278
- Notes 293
- List of Works Cited 317
- The Published Works of Thomas A. Goudge 329
- Notes on Contributors 337
- Index of Names 341
- Index of Subjects 347
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
-
Part One: The Thought of C.S. Peirce
- The Unity of Peirce's Thought 3
- Peirce on Historical Explanation 15
- The 'Proof' of Pragmatism 28
- Peirce's Remarkable Theorem 41
- Scientific Inference: Peirce and the Humean Tradition 59
- The Labeling Problem 75
- Peirce and Descartes: Doubt and the Logic of Discovery 88
- James, Santayana, Tarski, and Pragmatism 105
- Peirce on Truth 121
- Peirce's Conception of an Individual 133
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Part Two: The Ascent of Life
- Goudge's Contribution to Philosophy of Science 151
- Historical Narratives and Integrating Explanations 172
- Life, Vis Inertiae, and the Mechanical Philosophy 189
- The Ascent of Consciousness 199
- The Interaction of Evolutionary and Genetic Theory 207
- Philosophical Aspects of the Darwinian Revolution 220
- Evolution and the Necessities of Thought 236
- The Autonomy of a Logic of Discovery 248
- Emergence Revisited 261
- Is Biology a Different Type of Science? 278
- Notes 293
- List of Works Cited 317
- The Published Works of Thomas A. Goudge 329
- Notes on Contributors 337
- Index of Names 341
- Index of Subjects 347