Edward Moore Collection
About Moore
Edward C. Moore (1917-1993) was the founding director of the Peirce Edition Project. He received a Master of Arts degree in Educational Administration, a Master of Arts in Philosophy, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Michigan. Moore was an educator and administrator and served in many capacities. He wrote and edited several books, including American Pragmatism: Peirce, James and Dewey (1961); Studies in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, Second Series (1964); Charles S. Peirce: The Essential Writings (1972); William James (1965); Charles S. Peirce and the Philosophy of Science (1993); and From Time and Chance to Consciousness: Studies in the Metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1993). Moore made great contributions toward reviving interest in the life and work of Charles Sanders Peirce. In 1976 Moore received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and founded the Peirce Edition Project at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Moore served as Director of the Peirce Edition Project until 1985 . Moore was President of the Charles S. Peirce Society and the founding editor of Transactions.
The Edward C. Moore Collection includes some of Moore's books and professional journals such as Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society; Semiotic Scene: Bulletin of the Semiotic Society of America; and ars semeiotica: International Journal of American Semeotic. The books in the Moore Collection range in topics and include pragmatism, science, psychology, logic, and philosophy. There are several original printings of William James's books.
