Representative Practices: Peirce, Pragmatism, and Feminist Epistemology

Kory Spencer Sorrell

Published by Fordham University Press 2004

Representative Practices

Peirce, Pragmatism, and Feminist Epistemology

Kory Spencer Sorrell

In the series American Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823296507

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Although widely recognized as founder and key figure in the current re-emergence of pragmatism, Charles Peirce is rarely brought into contemporary dialogue. In this book, Kory Sorrell shows that Peirce has much to offer contemporary debate and deepens the value of Peirce’s view of representation in light of feminist epistemology, philosophy of science, and cultural anthropology.

Drawing also on William James and John Dewey, Sorrell identifies ways in which bias, authority, and purpose are ineluctable constituents of shared representation. He nevertheless defends Peirce’s realistic account of representation, showing how the independently real world both constrains social representation and informs its content.

Most importantly, Sorrell shows how members of a given community not only represent but transform a shared world—and how those practices of representation may, and should, be improved.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE. PEIRCE'S CATEGORIES A First Glimpse at Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
TWO. THE SUBSTANCE OF PEIRCE'S CATEGORIES The World Phenomenologically Conceived Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
THREE. MAPPING THE PROVINCE From the Mirror of Nature to Constructive Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
FOUR. COMMUNITIES OF INQUIRY Authority, Constraint, and Inclusivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
FIVE. MEDIATION AND NORMATIVE SCIENCE Toward an Ethic of Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 228

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Published: May 2, 2022
ISBN: 9780823296507