Peirce's Account of Purposefulness

This book presents a systematic interpretation of Charles S. Peirce s work based on a Kantian understanding of his teleological account of thought and inquiry. Departing from readings that contrast Peirce s treatment of purpose, end, and teleology with his early studies of Kant, Gabriele Gava instead argues that focusing on Peirce s purposefulness as a necessary regulative (in the Kantian sense) condition for inquiry and semiotic processes allows for a transcendental interpretation...
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This book presents a systematic interpretation of Charles S. Peirce s work based on a Kantian understanding of his teleological account of thought and inquiry. Departing from readings that contrast Peirce s treatment of purpose, end, and teleology with his early studies of Kant, Gabriele Gava instead argues that focusing on Peirce s purposefulness as a necessary regulative (in the Kantian sense) condition for inquiry and semiotic processes allows for a transcendental interpretation of Peirce s philosophical project. The author advances this interpretation through presenting original views on aspects of Peirce s thought, including: a detailed analysis of Peirce s methodeutic and speculative rhetoric, as well as his critical common-sensism; a comparison between Peirce s and James pragmatisms in view of the account of purposefulness Gava puts forth; and an examination of the logical relationships that order Peirce s architectonic classification of the sciences. "