Purpose

Keyword: Purpose


Dictionary Entry | Posted 23/07/2015
Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II)"

A purpose is merely that form of final cause which is most familiar to our experience.

Dictionary Entry | Posted 23/07/2015
Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II)"

A purpose is an operative desire.

Article in Journal | Posted 29/10/2014
Bergman, Mats (2007). Common Grounds and Shared Purposes: On Some Pragmatic Ingredients of Communication
This article explores a set of key conceptions involved in Charles S. Peirce’s account of communication, building on the hypothesis that his semiotic can beneficially be approached from a...
Monograph | Posted 16/10/2014
Gava, Gabriele (2014). Peirce's Account of Purposefulness: A Kantian Perspective

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...

Manuscript | Posted 10/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1905-07 [c.]). Considerations concerning the Doctrine of Multitude. MS [R] 27

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., [c.1905-07?], pp. 1-5; 23, 24, 27, 29, 30.
The nature of definition; “collection” defined; first- and second-intentional collection.