Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce

Abstract

THE authorities of Harvard University are to be congratulated for their publication of the papers and notes left by Charles Sanders Peirce. A master mind and a pioneer in philosophical inquiry, Peirce had never an occasion of publishing a standard work embodying his views. So that the editing of his papers is in itself a feat which deserves the praise and gratitude of all scholars. We would do little justice to the philosophical vision of Peirce in estimating his work on the strength of the first two volumes, out of a series of ten, which are to be published. It will suffice at present to indicate the wide range of topics touched upon in the present volumes: the method of science, the classification of the sciences, the logic of mathematics, the categories, the character of logic, speculative grammar, critical logic, and the theory of probable inference. Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce. Charles Hartshorne Paul Weiss Edited by. Vol. 1: Principles of Philosophy. Pp. xvi + 393. 21s. net. Vol. 2: Elements of Logic. Pp. xii + 535. 31s. net. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1932.)