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Charles Sanders Peirce

Pragmatism and Education

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Authors:
  1. David Plowright

    1. Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Spilsby, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs on Key Thinkers in Education (BRIEFSKEY)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Story of Charles Sanders Peirce

    • David Plowright
    Pages 1-12
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  3. Introducing Pragmatism

    • David Plowright
    Pages 13-23
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  4. Inquiry and Inferential Thinking

    • David Plowright
    Pages 25-36
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  5. Inferential Logic and Inquiry

    • David Plowright
    Pages 37-50
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  6. Semiotics: The Theory of Signs

    • David Plowright
    Pages 51-62
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  7. Semiotics Continued

    • David Plowright
    Pages 63-73
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  8. The Categories

    • David Plowright
    Pages 75-88
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  9. Final Words

    • David Plowright
    Pages 89-91
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  10. Back Matter

    Pages 93-99
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About this book

This book introduces a number of selected ideas from the work of Charles Sanders Peirce, the founder of pragmatism. Peirce, pronounced ‘purse’, was born in America in 1839 and died in 1914. He published little in his own lifetime and he continually struggled to become recognised as a respected author with ideas that were highly creative, original and unique. The book begins with an examination of Peirce’s life history. This is followed by an explanation of pragmatism, which states that an understanding of a concept can only be fully grasped by knowing what its practical effects are. The author then explains a number of Peirce’s ideas that are based on his pragmatic maxim:

· scientific inquiry as a method of investigation and its relevance to everyday thinking

· inferential thinking based on abduction, deduction and induction and its use in educational research

· semiotics, the study of signs and its relevance to the development of conceptual understanding

· his profound and insightful ontological categories of Firstness, Secondness and   Thirdness and their application to developing an understanding of the world around us

This introductory text is written in a clear and accessible style. Numerous examples are used throughout the book to illustrate Peirce’s complex and sophisticated ideas

and to show how his thinking can be applied to education. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Spilsby, United Kingdom

    David Plowright

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Charles Sanders Peirce

  • Book Subtitle: Pragmatism and Education

  • Authors: David Plowright

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7356-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7355-3Published: 07 December 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7356-0Published: 29 November 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 99

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Semantics

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