Pragmatism

In 1907, Charles Peirce attempted to write an article that would introduce his distinct variety of pragmatism a general audience. He intended it initially for The Nation and later Atlantic Monthly, eventually producing more than five hundred handwritten sheets, but both ultimately declined print any it. Multiple preliminary drafts comprise the manuscripts Richard Robin catalogued as R 319-322 324, culminating in major variants 318 identified by Edition Project diagrammed Priscila Borges (https://peirce.iupui.edu/resources/ms318_diag.pdf) with references page numbers assigned Institute Studies Pragmaticism. second is unfinished, while extensive portions third through fifth appear Collected Papers (CP 5.11-13, 5.464-496, 1.560-562) Essential (EP 2:398-433), including beginning common all five. This completed first version transcribed from high-resolution digital images provided online Houghton Library at Harvard University (https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:fhcl.hough:12486126). It has never been published before offers fresh insights into Peirce's thinking about semeiotic was evolving toward what he subsequently expressed lengthier increasingly technical texts scholars have thoroughly scrutinized. even signed name end, suggesting fully satisfied time, although several illuminating quotations discarded draft are included here footnotes. With minor exceptions, original sometimes idiosyncratic spelling punctuation preserved throughout.