General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce

<p>This definitive text is the single best work on Peirce's semeiotic (as Peirce would have spelled it) allowing scholars to extrapolate beyond Peirce or to apply him to new areas . . . --<i>Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Newsletter</i><br /><br />. . . indispensable introduction to Peirce's semiotics. --Teaching Philosophy<br /><br />Both for students new to Peirce and for the advanced student this is an excellent and unique reference book. It should be available in libraries at all . . . colleges and universities. --<i>Choice</i><br /><br />The best and most balanced full account of Peirce's semiotic which contributes not only to semiotics but to philosophy. Liszka's book is the sourcebook for scholars in general. --<i>Nathan Houser<br /><br /></i>Although 19th-century philosopher and scientist Charles Sanders Peirce was a prolific writer he never published his work on signs in any organized fashion making it difficult to grasp the scope of his thought. In this book Liszka presents a systematic and comprehensive acount of Peirce's theory including the role of semiotic in the system of sciences with a detailed analysis of its three main branches--grammar critical logic and universal rhetoric.</p>