Positivism

Keyword: Positivism


Article in Journal | Posted 08/10/2017
Colella, E. P. (1994). Two Faces of Italian Pragmatism: The Prezzolini-Calderoni Debate, 1904-1905
Examines theories of pragmatism according to Italian philosophers Giuseppe Prezzolini and Mario Calderoni. Criticisms from Prezzolini against positivism; Influence of philosopher Charles S. Peirce on...
Giuseppe Prezzolini, Mario Calderoni, Pragmatism, Italian Pragmatism, Positivism
Encyclopedia Article | Posted 06/05/2013
Burke, Tom: "The Pragmatic Maxim"

What is the pragmatic maxim? The aim here is to present in an elementary and intuitive way what the pragmatic maxim was originally intended to convey, at least in Peirce’s earliest statements, and...

Pragmatic Maxim, Meaning, Reality, Truth, Positivism, Verificationism, Utilitarianism, Rationality
Manuscript | Posted 25/11/2012
Peirce, Charles S. (1908). The Bed-Rock Beneath Pragmaticism. MS [R] 300

From the Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., G-1905-1e, pp. 1-65; 33-40; 38-41; 37-38; 40-43.7; plus 64 pp. of fragments running brokenly from p. 1 to p. 60.
This was to have...

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