Home > Kruse, Felicia E. (2010). Peirce, God, and the "Transcendentalist Virus"
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Title:
Peirce, God, and the "Transcendentalist Virus"
Journal:
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Keywords:
Transcendentalism, God, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Perception, Epistemology, Idealism, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Musement
Abstract:
The article discusses the influence of the Transcendentalist movement on the thought of American philosopher Charles S. Peirce. It describes Peirce's references to Transcendental ideas regarding God and the mind in the articles "The Law of Mind" and "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God." It then discusses the relationship between Peirce's metaphysics and the philosophy of American Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, Peirce's understanding of human perception and epistemology, and the relationship between Peirce's idealism and the thought of German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.