Peirce's epistemology as a generalized theory of language

Angèle Kremer-Marietti

pp. 109-120

in: Guy Debrock, Menno Hulswit (eds), Living doubt, Berlin, Springer, 1994

Abstract

In previous studies I have dealt quite a lot with the philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), and what strikes me is how much better specialists of Comte would have understood Comte's view, had they known Peirce's semeiotic! In previous publications, I have repeatedly shown that Comte's work displays strong major and fundamental semiotic dispositions (Kremer 1982; 1983; 1988; and particularly Kremer 1983b: 19–26). It is obvious to me that some of Comte's theories correspond with those of Peirce, especially in the field of epistemology, which Comte approached through a theory of language, history and the philosophy of science. If Peirce has criticized Comte, he might also have perceived some similarity with his own philosophy.

Cited authors

Comte Auguste

Peirce Charles Sanders