Peirce - Paperback

by Albert Atkin (Author)

Charles Sanders Peirce is generally regarded as the founder of pragmatism, North America's most influential philosophical movement. Peirce is also well-known for his theory of signs and with Saussure was a founding figure of "semiotics". Albert Atkin introduces the full spectrum of Peirce's thought for those coming to his work for the first time.

Author Biography

Albert Atkin is a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of The Philosophy of Race (Routledge, 2012).