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Brent, Joseph.

Charles Sanders Peirce : a life / Joseph Brent. - Rev. and enl. ed. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-402) and index.

Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Facets of the puzzle -- 1. Father, son, and Melusina: 1839-1871 -- 2. "Our hour of triumph is what brings the void": 1871-1882 -- 3. Explusion from the academy and the search for the new Eden: 1883-1891 -- 4. Paradise lost: 1890-1900 -- 5. Endgame: 1900-1914 -- 6. The wasp in the bottle -- Appendix 1: Glossary of terms as used by Peirce -- Appendix 2: Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.


English.

ISBN: 0585037469 (electronic bk.) 9780585037462 (electronic bk.)

LCCN: 98023868

Subjects--Personal Names:
Peirce, Charles S. 1839-1914.
Peirce, Charles S. 1839-1914

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophers--United States--Biography.
Philosophes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Philosophers.
Philosophy & Religion.
Philosophy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: B945.P44 / B74 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 191 B