Abstract

The latter point is clearly illustrated by Ayer's study which is composed of two long essays, one devoted to Peirce and the other to James. Ayer says much that is stimulating and enlightening about Peirce's theory of science, signs and categories and about James' radical empiricism. But he makes virtually no effort to relate these topics to one another or to integrate them in some over-view of pragmatism. He does point out