{"product_id":"9780253108357","title":"Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs: Essays in Comparative Semiotics","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Note: Picture of Peirce available]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles S. Peirce's\u003cbr\u003e Philosophy of SignsEssays in Comparative SemioticsGérard\u003cbr\u003e Deledalle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeirce's semiotics and metaphysics compared to the\u003cbr\u003e thought of other leading philosophers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is essential reading\u003cbr\u003e for anyone who wants to find common ground between the best of American semiotics\u003cbr\u003e and better-known European theories. Deledalle has done more than anyone else to\u003cbr\u003e introduce Peirce to European audiences, and now he sends Peirce home with some new\u003cbr\u003e flare.\" -- Nathan Houser, Director, Peirce Edition Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles\u003cbr\u003e S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs examines Peirce's philosophy and semiotic thought\u003cbr\u003e from a European perspective, comparing the American's unique views with a wide\u003cbr\u003e variety of work by thinkers from the ancients to moderns. Parts I and II deal with\u003cbr\u003e the philosophical paradigms which are at the root of Peirce's new theory of signs,\u003cbr\u003e pragmatic and social. The main concepts analyzed are those of \"sign\" and \"semiosis\"\u003cbr\u003e and their respective trichotomies; formally in the case of \"sign,\" in time in the\u003cbr\u003e case of semiosis. Part III is devoted to comparing Peirce's theory of semiotics as a\u003cbr\u003e form of logic to the work of other philosophers, including Bertrand Russell,\u003cbr\u003e Wittgenstein, Frege, Philodemus, Lady Welby, Saussure, Morris, Jakobson, and\u003cbr\u003e Marshall McLuhan. Part IV compares Peirce's \"scientific metaphysics\" with European\u003cbr\u003e metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGérard Deledalle holds the Doctorate in Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e from the Sorbonne. A research scholar at Columbia University and Attaché at the\u003cbr\u003e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, he has also been Professor of\u003cbr\u003e Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department of the universities of Tunis,\u003cbr\u003e Perpignan, and Libreville. In 1990 he received the Herbert W. Schneider Award \"for\u003cbr\u003e distinguished contributions to the understanding and development of American\u003cbr\u003e philosophy. In 2001, he was appointed vice-president of the Charles S. Peirce\u003cbr\u003e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction -- Peirce\u003cbr\u003e Compared: Directions for Use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I -- Semeiotic as\u003cbr\u003e PhilosophyPeirce's New Philosophical ParadigmsPeirce's Philosophy of\u003cbr\u003e SemeioticPeirce's First Pragmatic Papers (1877-1878)The Postscriptum of\u003cbr\u003e 1893\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II -- Semeiotic as SemioticsSign: Semiosis and\u003cbr\u003e Representamen -- Semiosis and TimeSign: The Concept and Its Use -- Reading as\u003cbr\u003e Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III -- Comparative SemioticsSemiotics and Logic:\u003cbr\u003e A Reply to Jerzy PelcSemeiotic and Greek Logic: Peirce and PhilodemusSemeiotic and\u003cbr\u003e Significs: Peirce and Lady WelbySemeiotic and Semiology: Peirce and\u003cbr\u003e SaussureSemeiotic and Semiotics: Peirce and MorrisSemeiotic and Linguistics: Peirce\u003cbr\u003e and JakobsonSemeiotic and Communication: Peirce and McLuhanSemeiotic and\u003cbr\u003e Epistemology: Peirce, Frege, and Wittgenstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV --\u003cbr\u003e Comparative MetaphysicsGnoseology -- Perceiving and Knowing: Peirce, Wittgenstein,\u003cbr\u003e and GestalttheorieOntology -- Transcendentals \"of\" or \"without\" Being: Peirce versus\u003cbr\u003e Aristotle and Thomas AquinasCosmology -- Chaos and Chance within Order and\u003cbr\u003e Continuity: Peirce between Plato and DarwinTheology -- The Reality of God: Peirce's\u003cbr\u003e Triune God and the Church's TrinityConclusion -- Peirce: A Lateral View\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112419180784,"sku":"9780253108357","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253108357","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}