Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 2: 1867-1871

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by  Charles S. Peirce

Writings of Charles S. Peirce
Volume 2
Observers of the Solar Eclipse of 22 December 1870 near Catania in
Sicily. Standing fourth from the left is Charles S. Peirce, fourth from
the right his father Benjamin; sitting in front of them is Herbert H. D.
Peirce, Charles's younger brother. Photograph courtesy of Mrs. Peirce
Prince, Herbert's granddaughter.
Writings of
CHARLES S. PEIRCE
A CHRONOLOGICAL EDITION
Volume 2
1867-1871
EDWARD C. MOORE, Editor
MAX H. FlSCH, Consulting Editor
CHRISTIAN J. W. KLOESEL, Senior Associate Editor
DON D. ROBERTS, Associate Editor
LYNN A. ZIEGLER, Textual Editor
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the text reproduced from Thomas of Erfurt, GRAMMATICA SPECULATIVA (translated
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Peirce, Charles Santiago Sanders, 1839-1914.
Writings of Charles S. Peirce.
Vol. 2- : Edward C. Moore, editor . . . et al.
CONTENTS: —V. 2. 1867-1871.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Philosophy—Collected works. I. Moore, Edward C.
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Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Peirce Edition Project
Edward C. Moore, Editor
Max H. Fisch, Consulting Editor
Christian J. W. Kloesel, Senior Associate Editor
Don D. Roberts, Associate Editor
Lynn A. Ziegler, Textual Editor
Joan A. Vandegrift, Research Associate
Contributing Editors
(Vol. 2)
Maryann Ayim
Jacqueline Brunning
C. F. Delaney
Donald R. Koehn
Daniel D. Merrill
Richard W. Miller
Richard A. Tursman
Advisory Board
Jo Ann Boydston Vincent G. Potter
Arthur W. Burks Israel Schefflcr
Carolyn Eisele Thomas A. Sebeok
Karen Hanson Manley Thompson
Kenneth L. Ketner Richard A. Tursman
Klaus Oehler President, Charles S.
Peirce Society
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments x xix
Introduction xxi
The Decisive Year and Its Early Consequences
Max H. Fisch xxi
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy Papers
C. F. Delaney x xxxvi
The 1870 Logic of Relatives Memoir
Daniel D. Merrill xlii
1. /"The Logic Notebook/ 1
/THE AMERICAN ACADEMY SERIES/
2. On an Improvement in Boole's Calculus of Logic 12
3. On the Natural Classification of Arguments 23 23
4. On a New List of Categories 49
5. Upon the Logic of Mathematics 59 59
6. Upon Logical Comprehension and Extension 70 70
7. Notes 87
8. [Venn's The Logic of Chance/ 98
9. Chapter I. One, Two, and Three 103
10. Specimen of a Dictionary of the Terms of Logic
and allied Sciences: A to ABS 105
11. /Critique of Positivism/ 122 122
[THE PEIRCE-HARRIS EXCHANGE ON HEGEL/
12. Paul Janet and Hegel, by W. T. Harris 132
13. Letter, Peirce to W. T. Harris (24 January 1868) 143
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14. Nominalism versus Realism 144 144
15. Letter, Peirce to W. T. Harris (16 March 1868) 154
16. What Is Meant by "Determined" 155 155
17. Letter, Peirce to W. T. Harris (9 April 1868) 158
[THE JOURNAL OF SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY
SERIES;
18. Questions on Reality 162
19. Potentia ex Impotentia 187
20. Letter, Peirce to W. T. Harris (30 November 1868) 192
21. Questions Concerning Certain Faculties Claimed for
Man 193
22. Some Consequences of Four Incapacities 211 211
23. Grounds of Validity of the Laws of Logic 242 242
24. Professor Porter's Human Intellect 273 273
25. The Pairing of the Elements 282
26. Roscoe's Spectrum Analysis 285
27. [The Solar Eclipse of 7 August 1869] 290
28. Preliminary Sketch of Logic 294
29. /The Logic Notebook/ 298
30. The English Doctrine of Ideas 302
/LECTURES ON BRITISH LOGICIANS;
31. Lecture I. Early nominalism and realism 310
32. Ockam. Lecture 3 317
33. Whewell 337
/PRACTICAL LOGIC;
34. Lessons in Practical Logic 348
35. A Practical Treatise on Logic and Methodology 350
36. Rules for Investigation 351
37. Practical Logic 353
38. Chapter 2 356
39. Description of a Notation for the Logic of Relatives 359 359
40. A System of Logic 430
41. [Henry James's The Secret of Swedenborg/ 433 433
42. Notes for Lectures on Logic to be given 1st term
1870-71 439
Contents ix
43. Bain's Logic 441
44. Letter, Peirce to W. S. Jevons 445
45. [Augustus De Morgan] 448 448
46. Of the Copulas of Algebra 451
47. [Charles Babbage] 457 457
/•THE BERKELEY REVIEW;
48. [Eraser's The Works of George Berkeley7 462 462
49. [Peirce's Berkeley Review], by Chauncey Wright 487 487
50. Mr, Peirce and the Realists 490 490
APPENDIX
51. Letter, J. E. Oliver to Peirce 492
Editorial Notes 499
Bibliography of Peirce's References 555 555
Chronological List, 1867-1871 564 564
Textual Apparatus
Essay on Editorial Method 569
Explanation of Symbols 582
Textual Notes 584
Emendations 586 586
Word-Division 629
Index 632 632