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In this report, we present the results of two lexicometric analyses performed on a digitalized version of Charles S. Peirce's Collected Papers. We calculated the most frequently cited terms in the corpus and its most overrepresented terms, as compared with a sample of the Corpus of Historical American. Combining both analyses allowed us to produce a shorter list of the "most important terms" of the Collected Papers , deemed to be distinctive of Peirce's philosophical interests. One of the most significant findings is the quantitative evidence that Peirce's work is primarily concerned with truth and propositions. We suggest that such statistical analyses offer an interesting overview of Peirce's philosophical interests in an unprecedented way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In his book "Collected Papers," sociologist Alfred Schutz offers a thorough going critique of the discipline of sociology as it is usually conceived, and attempts to re-found sociology on the basis of a theory of consciousness. Schutz begins his reasoning with a brief examination of what sociology is and does. Sociology, in contrast to philosophy, is ordinarily conceived to have as its subject how men act. Sociology, then, must examine the empirical rather than the logical, possibilities open to men. Instead of asking how well a certain sociological theory relates to other theories in the field and instead of trying to gauge how well statements of theory relate to the data, Schutz focuses on the relation of both theory and data to the phenomenon itself, the phenomenon of man in a social world. In this way, Schutz challenges both the theory of sociology and its supportive data. But, there is an ironic turn in Schutz's argument. The problem of sociology is not that its empirical methods are incorrect, but rather that its theorizing is faulty. In other words, sociological data are inadequate not because sociologists are unable to "get at" the data of everyday life with scientific methods, but because they do not think properly.

Focuses on the works of author and publisher Lewis Fry Richardson on meteorology, quantitative psychology and international relations. Publication of Richardson's `Collected Papers'; Academic career; Three major social scientific endeavors in behavioral international relations; Intellectual context of Richardson's work.

Focuses on the unrestricted fallibilist principle. Mistakes in thinking about incorrigibility and infallibility; Significance of Charles Peirce's book 'Collected Papers'; Classes of statements that have been offered as candidates for incorrigibility.

Focuses on the editing made by Arthur Burks in the 1958 issue of 'Collected Papers.' Conflicts encountered with the manuscript of Charles Peirce that is included in the book; Number of errata items in the book; Possible sources of error in the book.