Writings of Charles S. Peirce
Volume 6
This volume is dedicated to
JOHN GALLMAN
Amicus librorum
Conjectural south elevation of Peirce’s Milford, Pennsylvania, home in 1888—the year that Charles and Juliette bought the house. The simple farmhouse would be buried within a series of major expansions during the final twenty-six years of Peirce’s life; today it serves as a Park Service facility within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Adapted from “Charles S. Peirce House,” a 1983 National Park Service Historic Structure Report by Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler.
Writings ofCHARLES S. PEIRCE
A CHRONOLOGICAL EDITION
Volume 61886–1890
EDITED BY THE PEIRCE EDITION PROJECT
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
(Revised for volume 6)
Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839–1914.
Writings of Charles S. Peirce
Vol. 6– : Peirce Edition Project
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. 1857–1866.—v. 2. 1867–1871.—[etc.]—v. 6. 1886–1890
1. Philosophy. I. Peirce Edition Project II. Title
B945.P4 1982 191 79–1993
ISBN 0-253-37201-1 (v. 1)
ISBN 0-253-37206-2 (v. 6)
1 2 3 4 5 04 03 02 01 00
The Peirce Edition Project
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Editors
Nathan Houser, Director
Jonathan Eller, Textual Editor
André De Tienne, Associate Editor
Albert Lewis, Associate Editor
Cornelis de Waal, Assistant Editor
D. Bront Davis, Technical Editor
Cathy L. Clark, Editorial Associate
Leah Cummins, Editorial Associate
Luise H. Morton, Research Associate
Diana D. Reynolds, Editorial Assistant
Contributing Editors (Vol. 6)
| Douglas Anderson Irving Anellis Joseph Dauben Randall Dipert Webb Dordick | Ivor Grattan-Guinness Carl Hausman Daniel Merrill Emily Michael José Vericat J. Jay Zeman |
Advisory Board
| John D. Barlow Lucia Santaella Joseph L. Brent Arthur W. Burks Vincent Colapietro Don L. Cook Joseph Dauben Gérard Deledalle Randall Dipert Umberto Eco John Gallman Susan Haack Karen Hanson Peter Hare | Robert H. Hirst Christopher Hookway Paul Nagy Klaus Oehler Helmut Pape Hilary Putnam Don D. Roberts, Chair Richard Robin Sandra Rosenthal Israel Scheffler Thomas A. Sebeok Thomas L. Short William A. Stanley Paul Weiss |
Contents
Bibliographical Abbreviations in Editorial Matter Introduction
1. Boolian Algebra-Elementary Explanations
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON THE ART OF REASONING
2. [Circular for Course on the Art of Reasoning]
3. [Follow-up Letter to Circular]
4. A Few Specimens of Exercises in the Art of Reasoning
7. [Orientation Letter to Marie Noble]
8. [Letter to Noble on the Nature of Reasoning]
9. [Reasoning Exercises: Number Series, Relational Graphs, and Card Games]