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

Contents

vii Contents Illustrations x Preface xi Chronology xix Bibliographical Abbreviations in Editorial Matter xxiii Introduction xxv 1. Familiar Letters about the Art of Reasoning 1 2. Ribot’s Psychology of Attention 13 3. Six Lectures of Hints toward a Theory of the Universe 17 4. Sketch of a New Philosophy 19 5. [On Framing Philosophical Theories] 23 6. The Non-Euclidean Geometry Made Easy 25 7. Review of Jevons’s Pure Logic 30 8. Review of Carus’s Fundamental Problems 33 9. Review of Muir’s The Theory of Determinants 36 10. Review of Fraser’s Locke 38 11. [Notes on the First Issue of the Monist] 42 12. My Life 44 13. Note on Pythagorean Triangles 47 14. Hints toward the Invention of a Scale-Table 48 15. Logical Studies of the Theory of Numbers 55 16. Promptuarium of Analytical Geometry 57 17. Boolian Algebra 63 18. Boolian Algebra. First Lection 69 19. Notes on the Question on the Existence of an External World 78 Contents viii 20. [Note on Kant’s Refutation of Idealism] 80 21. [Notes on Consciousness] 81 THE MONIST METAPHYSICAL PROJECT 22. The Architecture of Theories [Initial Version] 84 23. The Architecture of Theories 98 24. The Doctrine of Necessity Examined 111 25. The Law of Mind [Early Try] 126 26. The Law of Mind [Excursus on the Idea of Time] 130 27. The Law of Mind 135 28. [Notes for “Man’s Glassy Essence”] 158 29. Man’s Glassy Essence 165 30. Evolutionary Love 184 STUDIES ON THE ALGEBRA OF THE COPULA 31. [Deductions from a Definition of the Copula] 208 32. Algebra of the Copula [Version 1] 210 33. Algebra of the Copula [Version 2] 212 34. Examination of the Copula of Inclusion 217 35. On the Number of Dichotomous Divisions: A Problem in Permutations 222 36. Methods of Investigating the Constant of Space 229 37. James’s Psychology 231 38. [Morality and Church Creed] 240 39. Review of Spencer’s Essays 242 40. Abbot against Royce 245 41. Review of Chambers’s Pictorial Astronomy 248 42. [Lesson in Necessary Reasoning] 251 43. The Great Men of History 258 44. The Comtist Calendar 267 45. The Non-Euclidean Geometry 271 46. The Sciences in Their Order of Generality 275 47. The Man of Genius 277 48. The Periodic Law 284 Contents ix 49. Keppler 286 50. [Plan for a Scientific Dictionary] 292 51. Embroidered Thessaly 296 52. [Why Do We Punish Criminals?] 341 53. Review of Buckley’s Moral Teachings of Science 345 54. Review of Ridgeway’s The Origin of Metallic Currency 349 55. Review of Pearson’s The Grammar of Science 352 56. Review of Curry’s The Province of Expression 355 Editorial Symbols 359 Annotations 362 Bibliography of Peirce’s References 470 Chronological Catalog, May 1890–July 1892 480 Supplementary Catalog Entries 511 Essay on Editorial Theory and Method 515 Textual Apparatus 532 Headnotes, Textual Notes, Emendations, Rejected Substantives, Alterations, Line-End Hyphenation Line-End Hyphenation in the Edition Text 679 Index 681 ...