"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the book first published in 1940 under the title 'The philosophy of Peirce:selected writings."

Contents:

Concerning the author-- The fixation of belief-- How to make our ideas clear-- The scientific attitude and fallibilism-- Philosophy and the sciences: a classification-- The principles of phenomenology-- Logic as semiotic: the theory of signs-- The criterion of validity in reasoning-- What is a leading principle-- The nature of mathematics-- Abduction and induction-- On the doctrine of chances, with later reflections-- The probability of induction-- The general theory of probable inference-- Uniformity-- Some consequences of four incapacities-- The essentials of pragmatism-- Pragmatism in retrospect: a last formulation-- Critical common-sensism-- Perceptual judgments-- Two notes: on motives, on precepts-- The approach to metaphysics-- The architecture of theories-- The doctrine of necessity examined-- The law of mind-- Synechism, fallibilism, and evolution-- Evolutionary love-- The concept of God