On-Line Study Aids


GUIDES TO PEIRCE'S WRITINGS
Annotated Catalogue of the Papers of Charles S. Peirce
Richard S. Robin's catalogue of the Harvard collection of Peirce papers, reproduced in electronic form by the Peirce Edition Project. The 'Robin Catalogue' is an invaluable resource for Peirce scholars, who wish to examine Peirce's unpublished manuscripts (see The Peirce Manuscripts to find out how to gain access to the microfilm edition of the manuscripts at the University of Helsinki). Robin's numbering of the papers has become the standard way of referencing the manuscripts, typically identified as MS [number].

76 Definitions of The Sign by C. S. Peirce
A collection of Peirce quotes that offer varying definitions of the sign. The quotes have been collected and analysed by Robert Marty. Also includes an appendix of 12 further definitions or equivalents proposed by Alfred Lang. Located at Arisbe.

Charles S. Peirce on Esthetics and Ethics: A Bibliography
A bibliography of Peirce's writings and remarks on esthetics and ethics, compiled by Kelly A. Parker.
Paper in pdf-format. Requires Acrobat Reader (free download here).

BASIC EXPLICATIONS OF PEIRCE'S WORK
Peirce's Logic
Eric Hammer's introduction to various aspects of Peirce's logic (three-valued logic, caluclus of relations, and existential graphs). Entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Peirce's Theory of Signs
Article by Jay Zeman originally published in A Perfusion of Signs (ed. by T. Sebeok, Indiana University Press).