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P A R T F O U R Comparative Metaphysics [T]he only successful mode [of metaphysical research] yet lighted upon is that of adopting our logic as our metaphysics . —Peirce (7.580) Metaphysics [ . . . ] ought to be expounded side by side with the history of society, of government, and of war; for in its relations with these we trace the signi¤cance of events for the human mind. —Peirce (8.9) Peirce’s semeiotic is based on a scienti¤c or “laboratory” metaphysics which is better understood when it is compared to Western classical or rather “seminary” metaphysics, such as Scholasticism. The unity and originality of Peirce’s philosophy of signs appear in all the domains of metaphysics: in his pragmaticist theory of a self-controlled constructive knowledge (ch. 14), in his ontological theory of transcendentals without Being (ch. 15), in his synechistic cosmology where chance combines chaos and order within continuity (ch. 16), and in his conception of the reality of a Triune God (ch. 17). ...

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