220. Peirce's Pragmatism
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2022-02-21

Charles Peirce's ideas were revolutionary, kicking off an entire philosophical movement now called "pragmatism," but one might argue that his ideas bear little resemblance to the path pragmatism ultimately took...he certainly thought as much. 

- Links for the Curious -

The Fixation of Belief (Peirce, 1877) - http://www.bocc.ubi.pt/pag/peirce-charles-fixation-belief.pdf 

How to Make Our Ideas Clear (Peirce, 1878) - https://courses.media.mit.edu/2004spring/mas966/Peirce%201878%20Make%20Ideas%20Clear.pdf 

Pragmatism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2021) - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatism/ 

Philosophical Writings of Charles Peirce (Buchler, 1940) - https://cdchester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Philosophical-Writings-of-Peirce-Charles-S.-Peirce-Justus-Buchler-ed..pdf 

Pragmatism - A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (James, 1907) - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5116/5116-h/5116-h.htm 

Reconstruction in Philosophy (Dewey, 1920) - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40089

Ep. 20: Pragmatism | The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-20-pragmatism-peirce-and-james/

Violent Agreement (Wiki Wiki Web) - https://wiki.c2.com/?ViolentAgreement