Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Vol. 8: 1890–1892

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Volume 8 of this landmark edition follows Peirce from May 1890 through July 1892—a period of turmoil as his career unraveled at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The loss of his principal source of income meant the beginning of permanent penury and a lifelong struggle to find gainful employment. His key achievement during these years is his celebrated Monist metaphysical project, which consists of five classic articles on evolutionary cosmology. Also included are reviews and essays from The Nation in which Peirce critiques Paul Carus, William James, Auguste Comte, Cesare Lombroso, and Karl Pearson, and takes part in a famous dispute between Francis E. Abbot and Josiah Royce. Peirce's short philosophical essays, studies in non-Euclidean geometry and number theory, and his only known experiment in prose fiction complete his production during these years. Contents......Page 9 Illustrations......Page 11 Preface......Page 12 Chronology......Page 20 Bibliographical Abbreviations in Editorial Matter......Page 24 Introduction......Page 26 1. Familiar Letters about the Art of Reasoning......Page 102 2. Ribot’s Psychology of Attention......Page 114 3. Six Lectures of Hints toward a Theory of the Universe......Page 118 4. Sketch of a New Philosophy......Page 120 5. [On Framing Philosophical Theories]......Page 124 7. Review of Jevons’s Pure Logic......Page 131 8. Review of Carus’s Fundamental Problems......Page 134 9. Review of Muir’s The Theory of Determinants......Page 137 10. Review of Fraser’s Locke......Page 139 11. [Notes on the First Issue of the Monist]......Page 143 12. My Life......Page 145 13. Note on Pythagorean Triangles......Page 148 14. Hints toward the Invention of a Scale-Table......Page 149 15. Logical Studies of the Theory of Numbers......Page 156 16. Promptuarium of Analytical Geometry......Page 158 17. Boolian Algebra......Page 164 18. Boolian Algebra. First Lection......Page 170 19. Notes on the Question on the Existence of anExternal World......Page 179 20. [Note on Kant’s Refutation of Idealism]......Page 181 21. [Notes on Consciousness]......Page 182 THE MONIST METAPHYSICAL PROJECT......Page 184 22. The Architecture of Theories [Initial Version]......Page 185 23. The Architecture of Theories......Page 199 24. The Doctrine of Necessity Examined......Page 212 25. The Law of Mind [Early Try]......Page 227 26. The Law of Mind [Excursus on the Idea of Time]......Page 231 27. The Law of Mind......Page 236 28. [Notes for “Man’s Glassy Essence”]......Page 259 29. Man’s Glassy Essence......Page 266 30. Evolutionary Love......Page 285 STUDIES ON THE ALGEBRA OF THE COPULA......Page 308 31. [Deductions from a Definition of the Copula]......Page 309 32. Algebra of the Copula [Version 1]......Page 311 33. Algebra of the Copula [Version 2]......Page 313 34. Examination of the Copula of Inclusion......Page 318 35. On the Number of Dichotomous Divisions: A Problemin Permutations......Page 323 36. Methods of Investigating the Constant of Space......Page 330 37. James’s Psychology......Page 332 38. [Morality and Church Creed]......Page 341 39. Review of Spencer’s Essays......Page 343 40. Abbot against Royce......Page 346 41. Review of Chambers’s Pictorial Astronomy......Page 349 42. [Lesson in Necessary Reasoning......Page 352 43. The Great Men of History......Page 359 44. The Comtist Calendar......Page 368 45. The Non-Euclidean Geometry......Page 372 46. The Sciences in Their Order of Generality......Page 376 47. The Man of Genius......Page 378 48. The Periodic Law......Page 385 49. Keppler......Page 387 50. [Plan for a Scientific Dictionary]......Page 393 51. Embroidered Thessaly......Page 397 52. [Why Do We Punish Criminals?]......Page 442 53. Review of Buckley’s Moral Teachings of Science......Page 446 54. Review of Ridgeway’s The Origin of Metallic Currency......Page 450 55. Review of Pearson’s The Grammar of Science......Page 453 56. Review of Curry’s The Province of Expression......Page 456 Editorial Symbols......Page 460 Annotations......Page 463 Bibliography of Peirce’s References......Page 571 Chronological Catalog, May 1890–July 1892......Page 581 Supplementary Catalog Entries......Page 612 Essay on Editorial Theory and Method......Page 616 Textual Apparatus......Page 633 Line-End Hyphenation in the Edition Text......Page 780 Index......Page 782