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Peirce and the Economy of Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher*
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University of Pittsburgh
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Abstract

The theory of the economics of research played a central role in the analysis of scientific method of Charles Sanders Peirce. The present paper describes Peirce's project as he saw it and then puts its machinery to work in an analysis of current issues in the philosophy of science. The aim is to show that, even apart from their historical interest, Peirce's ideas on this subject have a substantial systematic interest.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1976 , pp. 71 - 98
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Copyright © 1976 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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