Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs by Gerard Deledalle

Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs by Gerard Deledalle

Examines Peirce's philosophy and semiotic thought from a European perspective, comparing the American's unique views with a wide variety of work by thinkers from the ancients to moderns. This work deals with the philosophical paradigms which are at the root of Peirce's new theory of signs, pragmatic and social and more.

This collection of essays, from 50 years of writing about CS. Peirce by Gerard Deledalle (Columbia Univ.), offers critical investigations of topics in semiotics and helpful philosophical comparisons. Deledalle's efforts to introduce Peirce to a French and European audience are laudable, since Peirce is often difficult to comprehend in English. Also laudable is Deledalle's historic sense of Peirce's semiotic thinking, especially his chapter on the Greek origins of Peirce's terms. Because many of these essays are written as introductions to Peirce's thought, there is some repetition. The text also reflects the limited secondary resources on Peirce available in French. What Deledalle does exceptionally well, though, is bring Peirce's thought into historical and philosophical dialogue with Saussure, Wittgenstein, Frege, Morris, McLuhan, and the trinitarian doctrine of the Eastern and Western church. A very rich read for those who admire and understand Peirce's significance. Suitable for graduate students and researchers.

-- R. Ward * Georgetown College , 2001nov CHOICE. *

Gérard Deledalle (born 1921)holds the Doctorate in Philosophy from the Sorbonne. He is a Research Scholar at Columbia University, New York, and Attaché at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, he was also successively Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department of the universities of Tunis (1963-1972), Perpignan (1974-1990), and Libreville (1977-1981). He was appointed Director of the Instut Franco-Japonais in Tokyo from 1972 to 1974. He has been Visiting Professor in Japan (Waseda University), China (Beijing and Wuhan), the United States (Bloomington) and Canada (UQAM). He has written extensively on American philosophy, Charles S. Peirce, and John Dewey, pragmatism, and semiotics. He received in 1990 the Herbert W. Schneider Award "for distinguished contributions to the understanding and development of American philosophy." In 2001, he was appointed vice-president of the Charles S. Peirce Society.

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ISBN 13	9780253337368
ISBN 10	0253337364
Title	Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs
Author	Gerard Deledalle
Series	Advances In Semiotics
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Indiana University Press
Year published	2001-03-22
Number of pages	216
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