Peirce, Signs, and Meaning

by Floyd Merrell

C.S. Peirce was the founder of pragmatism and a pioneer in the field of semiotics. His work investigated the problem of meaning, which is the core aspect of semiosis as well as a significant issue in many academic fields. Floyd Merrell demonstrates throughout Peirce, Signs, and Meaning that Peirce's views remain dynamically relevant to the analysis of subsequent work in the philosophy of language.

Merrell discusses Peirce's thought in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079822
• ISBN13: 9780802079824
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"