Peirce's Tychism and the Non-Euclidean Nature of Physical Space: 2025 Peirce Essay Prize Winner.
This paper offers a new interpretation of a puzzling passage in Charles S. Peirce's 1892 essay "The Doctrine of Necessity Examined" (DNE), where he speaks of the "inevitable consequences" of the hypothesis of tychism that purportedly agree with observed facts. I argue that in this passage, Peirce is...
| Publicado en: | Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 28 - 52 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Editorial |
| Publicado: |
Indiana University Press
Winter2026
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=195152616&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 195152616 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00091774 2HR jtl: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society issn: 00091774 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Winter2026 vid: 62 iid: 1 pid: 211 pub: Indiana University Press artinfo: ui: 195152616 10.2979/csp.00064 ppf: 28 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 580KB tig: atl: Peirce's Tychism and the Non-Euclidean Nature of Physical Space: 2025 Peirce Essay Prize Winner. aug: au: Aames, Jimmy affil: Kobe University su: Non-Euclidean geometry Curved spacetime Free will & determinism Philosophers Philosophy of science Spacetime Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 sug: subj: Non-Euclidean geometry Curved spacetime Free will & determinism Philosophers Philosophy of science Spacetime Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 keyword: Charles S. Peirce curvature of space determinism evolutionary cosmology Felix Klein hyperbolic geometry non-Euclidean geometry philosophy of space. tychism ab: This paper offers a new interpretation of a puzzling passage in Charles S. Peirce's 1892 essay "The Doctrine of Necessity Examined" (DNE), where he speaks of the "inevitable consequences" of the hypothesis of tychism that purportedly agree with observed facts. I argue that in this passage, Peirce is alluding to his astronomical work attempting to determine the curvature of space , which he was carrying out at the same time as writing DNE. By highlighting a hitherto unnoticed link between tychism and the geometry of space, I show why Peirce should have regarded these investigations as lending empirical support to his anti-deterministic doctrine. This connection will serve to illuminate one specific aspect of the impact that non-Euclidean geometry had on Peirce's philosophy—an influence that, despite its significance, has remained largely unexplored. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Editorial src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society is the property of Indiana University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society holder: Indiana University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2026 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|