Charles Legg
Biographic Data
| ID | 967745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Legg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Legg |
| SIGNATURE | LEGG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0231-5415 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pragmatic realism
This paper addresses some apparent philosophical tensions between realism and enactivism by means of Charles Peirce’s pragmatism. Enactivism’s Mind-Life Continuity thesis has been taken to commit it to some form of anti-realist ‘world-construction’ which has been considered controversial. Accordingly, a new realist enactivism is proposed by Zahidi ( Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 13 (3), 461–475, 2014), drawing on Ian Hacking’s ‘entity…
What is Intelligence For? A Peircean Pragmatist Response to the Knowing-How, Knowing-That Debate
Habits of Mind
Although pragmatism and phenomenology have both contributed significantly to the genealogy of so-called “4E” – embodied, embedded, enactive and extended – cognition, there is benefit to be had from a systematic comparative study of these roots. As existing 4E cognition literature has tended to emphasise one or the other tradition, issues remain to be addressed concerning their commonalities – and possible incompatibilities. We begin by exploring …
Philosophers and professors behaving badly
Discursive habits
A properly pragmatist pragmatics
Although most contemporary philosophers of language hold that semantics and pragmatics require separate study, there is surprisingly little agreement on where exactly the line should be drawn between these two areas, and why. In this paper I suggest that this lack of clarity is at least partly caused by a certain historical obfuscation of the roots of the founding three-way distinction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in Charles Peirce’s …
Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value
Pragmatism’s heartening recent revival (spearheaded by Richard Rorty’s bold intervention into analytic philosophy Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature) has coalesced into a distinctive philosophical movement frequently referred to as ‘neopragmatism’. This movement interprets the very meaning of pragmatism as rejection of metaphysical commitments: our words do not primarily serve to represent non-linguistic entities, but are tools to achieve a rang…
Towards a philosophy of academic publishing
This article is concerned with developing a philosophical approach to a number of significant changes to academic publishing, and specifically the global journal knowledge system wrought by a range of new digital technologies that herald the third age of the journal as an electronic, interactive and mixed-media form of scientific communication. The paper emerges from an Editors' Collective, a small New Zealand-based organisation comprised of edit…
Peirce’s Reception in Australia and New Zealand
Although I think it is far to say that in what natives of this part of the world call “downunder,” Peirce is still a minority interest, appreciation of his work appears to be growing slowly but surely
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
The Meaning of a Thought is Altogether Something Virtual”
“The Meaning of a Thought is Altogether Something Virtual”:Joseph Ransdell and His Legacy Catherine [email protected] Keywords Joseph Ransdell, Charles Peirce, Peirce Telecommunity, peirce-l, Arisbe, semiosis, communication, truth, internet, virtual, meaning Joseph Ransdell (1931–2010), who received his Ph.D in philosophy from Columbia University in 1966, where he was advised by Sidney Morgenbesser, and spent most of his career at Texas Tec…
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
This is Simply What I Do”
Wittgenstein's discussion of rule‐following is widely regarded to have identified what Kripke called “the most radical and original sceptical problem that philosophy has seen to date”. But does it? This paper examines the problem in the light of Charles Peirce's distinctive scientific hierarchy . Peirce identifies a phenomenological inquiry which is prior to both logic and metaphysics, whose role is to identify the most fundamental philosophical …
Coping with the disfiguring effects of vitiligo
Vitiligo is a progressive condition involving a loss of pigmentation in the skin; it can be disfiguring and no effective treatment or cure exists. Although vitiligo's medical effects have been studied extensively, little attention has been paid to its psychological impact or to the effects of psychological state on the illness itself. To address these issues, the present study examined the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy on coping with vi…
The Origins of Gentrification in London
Charles Legg, Judith Allen; THE ORIGINS OF GENTRIFICATION IN LONDON, History Workshop Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 March 1984, Pages 164–166, https://doi
Towards a philosophy of academic publishing
This article is concerned with developing a philosophical approach to a number of significant changes to academic publishing, and specifically the global journal knowledge system wrought by a range of new digital technologies that herald the third age of the journal as an electronic, interactive and mixed-media form of scientific communication. The paper emerges from an Editors' Collective, a small New Zealand-based organisation comprised of edit…
Philosophers and professors behaving badly
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
Discursive habits
Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value
Pragmatism’s heartening recent revival (spearheaded by Richard Rorty’s bold intervention into analytic philosophy Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature) has coalesced into a distinctive philosophical movement frequently referred to as ‘neopragmatism’. This movement interprets the very meaning of pragmatism as rejection of metaphysical commitments: our words do not primarily serve to represent non-linguistic entities, but are tools to achieve a rang…
Habits of Mind
Although pragmatism and phenomenology have both contributed significantly to the genealogy of so-called “4E” – embodied, embedded, enactive and extended – cognition, there is benefit to be had from a systematic comparative study of these roots. As existing 4E cognition literature has tended to emphasise one or the other tradition, issues remain to be addressed concerning their commonalities – and possible incompatibilities. We begin by exploring …
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
Coping with the disfiguring effects of vitiligo
Vitiligo is a progressive condition involving a loss of pigmentation in the skin; it can be disfiguring and no effective treatment or cure exists. Although vitiligo's medical effects have been studied extensively, little attention has been paid to its psychological impact or to the effects of psychological state on the illness itself. To address these issues, the present study examined the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy on coping with vi…
The Origins of Gentrification in London
Charles Legg, Judith Allen; THE ORIGINS OF GENTRIFICATION IN LONDON, History Workshop Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 March 1984, Pages 164–166, https://doi
Coping with the disfiguring effects of vitiligo
Vitiligo is a progressive condition involving a loss of pigmentation in the skin; it can be disfiguring and no effective treatment or cure exists. Although vitiligo's medical effects have been studied extensively, little attention has been paid to its psychological impact or to the effects of psychological state on the illness itself. To address these issues, the present study examined the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy on coping with vi…
This is Simply What I Do”
Wittgenstein's discussion of rule‐following is widely regarded to have identified what Kripke called “the most radical and original sceptical problem that philosophy has seen to date”. But does it? This paper examines the problem in the light of Charles Peirce's distinctive scientific hierarchy . Peirce identifies a phenomenological inquiry which is prior to both logic and metaphysics, whose role is to identify the most fundamental philosophical …
The Meaning of a Thought is Altogether Something Virtual”
“The Meaning of a Thought is Altogether Something Virtual”:Joseph Ransdell and His Legacy Catherine [email protected] Keywords Joseph Ransdell, Charles Peirce, Peirce Telecommunity, peirce-l, Arisbe, semiosis, communication, truth, internet, virtual, meaning Joseph Ransdell (1931–2010), who received his Ph.D in philosophy from Columbia University in 1966, where he was advised by Sidney Morgenbesser, and spent most of his career at Texas Tec…
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
Peirce’s Reception in Australia and New Zealand
Although I think it is far to say that in what natives of this part of the world call “downunder,” Peirce is still a minority interest, appreciation of his work appears to be growing slowly but surely
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
Towards a philosophy of academic publishing
This article is concerned with developing a philosophical approach to a number of significant changes to academic publishing, and specifically the global journal knowledge system wrought by a range of new digital technologies that herald the third age of the journal as an electronic, interactive and mixed-media form of scientific communication. The paper emerges from an Editors' Collective, a small New Zealand-based organisation comprised of edit…
Metaphysics — Low in Price, High in Value
Pragmatism’s heartening recent revival (spearheaded by Richard Rorty’s bold intervention into analytic philosophy Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature) has coalesced into a distinctive philosophical movement frequently referred to as ‘neopragmatism’. This movement interprets the very meaning of pragmatism as rejection of metaphysical commitments: our words do not primarily serve to represent non-linguistic entities, but are tools to achieve a rang…
A properly pragmatist pragmatics
Although most contemporary philosophers of language hold that semantics and pragmatics require separate study, there is surprisingly little agreement on where exactly the line should be drawn between these two areas, and why. In this paper I suggest that this lack of clarity is at least partly caused by a certain historical obfuscation of the roots of the founding three-way distinction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in Charles Peirce’s …
Discursive habits
What is Intelligence For? A Peircean Pragmatist Response to the Knowing-How, Knowing-That Debate
Habits of Mind
Although pragmatism and phenomenology have both contributed significantly to the genealogy of so-called “4E” – embodied, embedded, enactive and extended – cognition, there is benefit to be had from a systematic comparative study of these roots. As existing 4E cognition literature has tended to emphasise one or the other tradition, issues remain to be addressed concerning their commonalities – and possible incompatibilities. We begin by exploring …
Philosophers and professors behaving badly
Pragmatic realism
This paper addresses some apparent philosophical tensions between realism and enactivism by means of Charles Peirce’s pragmatism. Enactivism’s Mind-Life Continuity thesis has been taken to commit it to some form of anti-realist ‘world-construction’ which has been considered controversial. Accordingly, a new realist enactivism is proposed by Zahidi ( Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 13 (3), 461–475, 2014), drawing on Ian Hacking’s ‘entity…
Epistemology (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Pragmatism (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Metaphysics (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Philosophy of science (4 works)