1st Edition

Peirce's Account of Purposefulness A Kantian Perspective

By Gabriele Gava Copyright 2014
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents a systematic interpretation of Charles S. Peirce’s work based on a Kantian understanding of his teleological account of thought and inquiry. Departing from readings that contrast Peirce’s treatment of purpose, end, and teleology with his early studies of Kant, Gabriele Gava instead argues that focusing on Peirce’s purposefulness as a necessary regulative (in the Kantian sense)... Read more

Introduction  1. The Architectonic and the Fundamental Elements of Thought and Sign Processes  2. Methodeutic and Speculative Rhetoric  3. How Are "Synthetical" Judgments Possible?  4. Teleology in Peirce’s Evolutionary Metaphysics  5. Peirce and Transcendental Philosophy  6. Pragmatism and Common Sense  Conclusion

Biography

Gabriele Gava is research associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

"Gava offers a nuanced and strenuously argued defense for reading Peirce through a transcendental lens. This is an original study that will act as a rallying point for this school of interpreters – and a large target for its rivals." -- Vincent Colapietro, Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, USA