What is Pragmatism, and What is its Value?; Common Sense and Learning; Rationality and Argument; Logic and Creativity; Deduction and Induction; Pragmatism and Choice.
Arthur Franklin Stewart is director and editor of the Center for Philosophical Studies at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He is an active author and editor who has published several articles and contributed to several previous books on C. S. Peirce.
Arthur Stewart has written a truly innovative approach to critical
thinking that takes Peirce's "pragmaticist" view of logic as its
starting point and engages issues in the living world of reasoning.
This immediately distinguishes it from the legion of logic texts
that opt for the canonical approach deriving from Frege and
Russell. The result is a highly successful text for the student and
a fascinating alternative for the teacher.
--Thomas M. Alexander, Southern Illinois University
Elements of Knowledge is the only book I have found that meets a
long-present need. It introduces the reader to the major methods,
tools, and insights needed for learning to learn. The examples it
uses, drawn from daily life and a wide variety of academic fields,
are apt and understandable. It is historically sound, clearly
written, and interesting.
--Joseph D. Stamey, McMurry University
An exciting introduction to an area of philosophy that is often
treated in a dull and unimaginative way. Stewart has captured the
complexities and richness of the human mind in its quest for
truth.
--James Muyskens, University System of Georgia
This is an outstanding little book . . . [which] should be useful
both in introductory philosophy and reasoning classes and for the
general reader interested in an introduction to pragmatism.
--Peirce Project Newsletter
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