Existential Graph

Keyword: Existential Graph


Manuscript | Posted 08/01/2015
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). C. S . Peirce's Lowell Lectures for 1903. Lecture 4.. MS [R] 467

Robin Catalogue:
467.C. S . Peirce’s Lowell Lectures for 1903. Lecture 4.
A. MS., 2 notebooks, G-1903-2a, pp. 1-96.
Two volumes comprise the fourth lecture, with the first...

Manuscript | Posted 07/01/2015
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Useful for 3rd or 4th?. MS [R] 466

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-28, unfinished, with two p. 19’s, both of which leave text intact.
Mathematics and logic; existential graphs introduced...

Article in Journal | Posted 11/11/2014
Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko (2014). Two papers on existential graphs by Charles Peirce
The following two articles comprise two sets of Charles Peirce’s manuscripts, “Recent Developments of Existential Graphs and their Consequences for Logic” (MS 498, MS 499, MS 490 & S-36, 1906)...
Article in Journal | Posted 28/10/2014
Bellucci, Francesco (2013). Peirce's Continuous Predicates
Around 1906, Peirce discovered that the logical analysis of a proposition comes to an end when a “continuous predicate” is found. Continuous predicates are those predicates that cannot be analyzed,...
Manuscript | Posted 28/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. MS [R] 459

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-41.
The words “Won’t do” (by CSP) appear on the cover of the notebook. Definition of “mathematics.” Denial that mathematics...

Manuscript | Posted 24/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lecture II [R]. MS [R] 455

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-31.
The first and third parts of an introduction to the alpha and beta parts of the system of existential graphs; MS. 456 is...

Manuscript | Posted 23/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lectures on Logic, to be delivered at the Lowell Institute. Winter of 1903-1904. Lecture I. MS [R] 454

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-26.
Existential graphs as a system for expressing any assertion with precision is not intended to facilitate but to analyze...

Manuscript | Posted 22/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Lecture I [R]. MS [R] 450

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., notebook, n.p., 1903, pp. 1-26.
Improvement in reasoning requires, first of all, a study of deduction. For this, an unambiguous and simple system of...

Manuscript | Posted 21/09/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1905-06). Analysis of some Demonstrations concerning definite Positive Integers. MS [R] 70

Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., G-1905-6, pp. 1-20, with 50 pp. of variants and notes.
See notes for an explanation of existential graphs. The versos of some pages contain notes for...

Manuscript | Posted 28/08/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903 [c.]). On Dyadics: the Simplest Possible Mathematics. MS [R] 3

A. MS., n.p., [c.1903?], pp. s-2, incomplete.
Intended as the first of a series of four memoirs, with plans for further memoirs on the application of mathematical theory to deductive logic....

Manuscript | Posted 28/08/2014
Peirce, Charles S. (1903 [c.]). On the Simplest Branch of Mathematics. MS [R] 2

A. MS., n.p., [c.1903?], pp. 1-2; 1-5, incomplete, with an alternative p. 5.
The pure mathematics of existential graphs, alpha and beta parts, with definitions and permissions of...

Monograph | Posted 01/08/2014
Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko (2006). Signs of Logic: Peircean Themes on the Philosophy of Language, Games, and Communication
Monograph | Posted 30/04/2014
Zalamea, Fernando (2012). Peirce’s Logic of Continuity: A Conceptual and Mathematical Approach

Peirce’s logic of continuity is explored from a double perspective: (i) Peirce’s original understanding of the continuum, alternative to Cantor’s analytical Real line, (ii) Peirce’s original...

Link | Posted 14/04/2014
Peirce's Existential Graphs - Readings and Links

Existential graph resources compiled by Frithjof Dau. Last updated in 2007.

Encyclopedia Article | Posted 13/10/2013
Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko: "The Endoporeutic Method"

Endoporeutic method (endon: ‘within’; poros: ‘passage, pore’) exemplifies the fundamental principle concerning the direction of the flow of interpretation in Peirce’s diagrammatic logic of...

Manuscript | Posted 18/08/2013
Peirce, Charles S. (1906 [c.]). On Signs [R]. MS [R] 793

From the Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., n.d., pp. 1-4, 10-14; plus 9 pp. of variants and 1 p. (fragment).
An attempt to define “sign” as a medium for the communication of form....

Dictionary Entry | Posted 07/04/2013
Quote from "Logical Tracts. No. 2. On Existential Graphs, Euler's Diagrams, and Logical Algebra"

An existential graph is a logical graph governed by a. system of representation founded upon the idea that the sheet upon which it is written, as well as every...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 07/04/2013
Quote from "Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs"

An existential graph is a logical graph constructed upon a perfectly consistent system of representation such that any unenclosed partial graph shall asserts...

Manuscript | Posted 07/04/2013
Peirce, Charles S. (1903 [c.]). Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs. MS [R] 491

From the Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., [c 1903], pp. 1-12; 1-10; 1-3; 11 pp. of variants. Logical and existential graphs (pp. 1-12). Basic definitions and principles of...

Manuscript | Posted 12/03/2013
Peirce, Charles S. (1911). A Logical Criticism of the Articles of Religious Belief. MS [R] 856

From the Robin Catalogue:
A. MS., n.p., 2 pp. of one of the alternative sections are dated April 5 and 7, 1911, pp. 1-18, with several alternative sections.
The contempt for...

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