Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics
Subtitle: The Philosophy of Chance, Law, & Evolution (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: June 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780826513960
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of science; Probability & statistics; Peirce, Charles S; American Philosophy; Metaphysics; Philosophy; USA; 1839-1914; (Charles Sanders),; Contributions in metaphysics; Peirce, Charles S
First sentence: Modern cosmology seeks to understand the laws and the historical development of the universe at large.
Description: "Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics is devoted to understanding Charles Sanders Peirce's (1839-1914) metaphysics from the perspective of the scientific questions that motivated his thinking.".

"While offering a detailed account of the scientific ideas and theories essential for understanding Peirce's metaphysical system (e.g., the irreversibility of time and the reversibility of physical laws, the statistical law of large numbers), this book is written in a manner accessible to the non-specialist. This will make it especially attractive to students of Peirce's philosophy who lack familiarity with the scientific and mathematical ideas that are so central to his thought.

Those with an interest in the history and philosophy of science, especially concerning the application of statistical and probabilistic thinking to physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, and cosmology, will find this discussion of Peirce's philosophy invaluable."--BOOK JACKET.