(Sorry again for the last messy messages. Hope this last attempt is better)
For aesthetic list members who may be interested--- Announcing the start of the 2014 Peirce Centennial Seminar on the book Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed by Cornelis de Waal The online Peirce List has announced the emcees for the PEIRCE-L discussion forum seminar on Cornelis de Waal's new book, Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed due to begin on January 27. The book can be browsed or ordered from Goodreads or Amazon at: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17138102-peirce http://www.amazon.com/Peirce-Guide-Perplexed-Guides/dp/1847065163/ref=sr_1_ 1?s=books <http://www.amazon.com/Peirce-Guide-Perplexed-Guides/dp/1847065163/ref=sr_1 _1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390228923&sr=1-1&keywords=peirce+for+perplexed> &ie=UTF8&qid=1390228923&sr=1-1&keywords=peirce+for+perplexed The book is published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2013, paperback, 200 pages, 9x6 inches, available at least from Amazon America in paper at $19 and in ebook at $12 list net prices. Instructions for accessing the open and free Peirce forum are available here: http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm The Peirce List email address that might accept messages from visitors is: [email protected] The addresses for the Peirce List archive of past messages that may take you directly to the posts as a visitor is: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/?forum=peirce-l [this way may be more detailed] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce [this way may be a little faster] For some chapter topics we are experimenting with having two emcees rather than one, while it is certain to us that virtually every one of the scholars listed below could lead a stimulating discussion on several if not all of these chapter topics. So here is the list of the scholars who will serve as emcees for the book's 9 chapters and the approximate date each chapter discussions will begin. Where there are two emcees they are listed by last name in alphabetical order. ___________________________________________________________________________ ________ Chapter Number and Title Emcee(s) Start ___________________________________________________________________________ ________ 1. Life and work CORNELIS DE WAAL 27 JAN 2. Mathematics and philosophy JOHN COLLIER & TOM GOLLIER 10 FEB 3. Phenomenology and the categories GARY FUHRMAN 24 FEB 4. The normative science of logic MATT FAUNCE & CATHY LEGG 10 MAR 5. Semeiotics or the doctrine of signs VINICIUS ROMANINI 24 MAR 6. Philosophy of science JEFF KASSER & EDWINA TABORSKY 07 APR 7. Pragmatism ANTON LEIST & GARY RICHMOND 21 APR 8. Truth and reality BEN UDELL & MARA WOODS 05 MAY 9. Mind, god and cosmos SVREN BRIER 19 MAY ___________________________________________________________________________ ________ The book has been called a "milestone in the centennial of Peirce's death" and is certain to provide the forum with a stimulating basis for the discussion of most all the principal facets of Peircean thought. Please feel free to get deeply involved in a topic, or drop into a discussion just to make a single point, to offer a short remark, or to ask a question--'lurkers' are especially encouraged to participate! We have as well extended the invitation to participate in the seminar to the members of several related electronic forums and, in short, we hope that many scholars and students of philosophy will be stimulated to discuss the topics as suggested by the titles of the chapters of the book. It is also evident to us that those who read the entire book (readily available in inexpensive paperback and electronic versions) and who participate throughout the seminar are fairly certain of getting a comprehensive and critical overview of the work of "the most original and versatile of American philosophers". The short book should be accessible both to the student of Peirce's philosophy, while at the same time "extremely instructive for the expert". We hope and expect that it will serve as a 'springboard' for discussions going well beyond its concise exposition of the work of Peirce. While each chapter is given a starting date, as is the case in all threaded discussions on PEIRCE-L, those interested in continuing a thread should feel free to do so even as another has begun. To facilitate future archive searches and thread-reading on the Peirce List each thread will commence its Subject line with the Chapter Number and Chapter Title from the book. We wish to thank in advance the knowledgeable Peirce scholars who are acting as emcees for agreeing to lead the discussion of each chapter. We also want to thank Nathan Houser for his support of this project. We especially want to thank Cornelis de Waal for the generous offering of his time in preparing and participating in the seminar, and most especially for writing Peirce: A Guide for the Perplexed. Best wishes for a rewarding seminar! Gary Richmond ([email protected]) ---peirce-l moderator/ & co-manager; TPG Advisory Board member Ben Udell ([email protected]) ---Arisbe webmaster & co-manager; TPG Advisory Board member Cathy Legg ([email protected]) ---The Peirce Group (TPG) Executive Board member
