and as a member of the Peirce Project’s Advisory Board. We are grateful to him for coordinating the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions during the CSE inspection process, and to Larry Hickman, General Editor of the Dewey Edition (Southern Illinois University), for conducting the MLA inspection on behalf of the CSE.
We are also grateful to the contributing editors listed on the series page of this volume for the specialized scholarship they brought to bear on many of the selections. Special thanks go to our copy editor and production manager Aleta Houser, who saw a number of selections through the first stage of review by contributing editors, and to former staff members Kyle Barnett and Beth Eccles, who provided administrative and development support for the edition. The executive support of Tracie Peterson has been essential at every stage of production. Throughout the period of volume preparation, we were fortunate to have the expert counsel of Arthur Burks of the University of Michigan and Don Cook of Indiana University, Bloomington, who continue to serve as advisory editors for the Peirce Project, and Don Roberts of the University of Waterloo (Ontario), who has provided outstanding support as Advisory Board Chair for the last five years. We are grateful as well for the memory of Max H. Fisch, who devoted a half century to Peirce research and, after his retirement, fifteen years to the Peirce Project. His work and inspiration will live on through the donation of his books and papers to Indiana University.
Special acknowledgment is due to Christian J. W. Kloesel, former Director and Editor of the Peirce Edition Project. Work on Volume 6 began under his direction and the present Project organization and methods evolved from the structures he left in place when he completed his tenure in 1993.
A final note of thanks goes to four administrative officials of Indiana University: President Myles Brand, Chancellor and Vice President Gerald L. Bepko, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties William M. Plater, and Dean Herman Saatkamp of the School of Liberal Arts. Dean Emeritus John D. Barlow, who led the School of Liberal Arts through eleven crucial years in the development of the Peirce Project, provided institutional and personal support throughout his tenure. We are fortunate to have the same high level of commitment from Dean Saatkamp, a scholarly editor in his own right and long-time General Editor of the Works of George Santayana. As both an administrator and a colleague, he has already helped the Peirce Project plan for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Chronology
| (Years of W6 period in boldface type) | |
| 1839 | Born in Cambridge, Mass., to Benjamin and Sarah Hunt (Mills) Peirce, 10 Sept. |
| 1847–50 | Worked his way through Liebig’s method of chemical analysis |
| 1858 | First publication: “Think Again!” Harvard Magazine, Apr. |
| 1859 | Graduated (A.B.) from Harvard Temporary aide in U.S. Coast Survey, fall to spring ’60 |
| 1860 | Studied classification with Agassiz at Harvard, summer-fall |
| 1861 | Entered Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard Appointed regular aide in Coast Survey, 1 July |
| 1862 | Received graduate degree (A.M.) from Harvard Married Harriet Melusina Fay, 16 Oct. |
| 1863 | Graduated summa cum laude (Sc.B.) in Chemistry from Lawrence Scientific School |
| 1865 | Delivered Harvard lectures on “The Logic of Science,” spring Began Logic Notebook, 12 Nov.; last entry in Nov. ’09 |
| 1866 | Delivered Lowell Institute lectures on “The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis,” 24 Oct.–1 Dec. |
| 1867 | Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 30 Jan. |
| 1869 | Wrote first of about 300 Nation reviews; last in Dec. ’08 Assistant at Harvard Observatory, Oct. ’69–Dec. ’72 Delivered Harvard lectures on “British Logicians,” Dec.–Jan. |
| 1870 | First Coast Survey assignment in Europe, 18 Jun. ’70–7 Mar. ’71 |
| 1871–72 | Founded Cambridge Metaphysical Club in spring, or in Jan. ’72 In charge of Survey office, spring-summer Put in charge of pendulum experiments, beginning in Nov. Promoted to rank of Assistant in the Survey, 1 Dec. |
| 1875 | Second Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr. ’75–Aug. ’76 First official American delegate to the International Geodetic Association, Paris, 20–29 Sept. |
| 1876 | Separated from Melusina, Oct. |
| 1877 | Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 20 Apr. Third Coast Survey assignment in Europe, 13 Sept.–18 Nov. Represented U.S. at International Geodetic Association conference in Stuttgart, 27 Sept.–2 Oct. |
| 1878 | Photometric Researches published in Aug. |
| 1879–84 | Lecturer in logic at Johns Hopkins University |
| 1879 | First meeting of Johns Hopkins Metaphysical Club, 28 Oct. |
| 1880 | Elected to London Mathematical Society, 11 Mar. Fourth Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr.–Aug. Addressed French Academy on value of gravity, 14 June Designed and supervised construction of the first of four gravity pendulums bearing his name Death of Peirce’s father, Benjamin, 6 Oct. |
| 1881 | Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science in Aug. |
| 1883 | Studies in Logic published in spring Divorced Melusina, 24 Apr. Married Juliette Froissy (Pourtalais), 30 Apr. Fifth and final Coast Survey assignment in Europe, May-Sept. |
| 1883–91 | Prepared about 15,000 definitions for Century Dictionary (published 1889–91) |
| 1884 | Forced to resign from Johns Hopkins; moved to Washington, D.C. in Sept. In charge of U.S. Office of Weights and Measures, Oct. ’84–22 Feb. ’85 |
| 1884–86 | Directed pendulum operations to determine relative gravity at Washington, D.C. and various field sites, Jul. ’84–Feb ’86 |
| 1886 | Moved from Washington, D.C. to New York City, Mar. Operations at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, summer Relieved of field operations for the Coast Survey, 15 Aug. |
| 1887 | Received first inquiries about his correspondence course in logic, Jan. Submitted, under pressure, his report on General Greely’s pendulum work at Fort Conger, 11 Apr. Moved with Juliette to Milford, Penn. 28 Apr.; by May 11 rented a house (in town) for the summer Finished first paper after moving to Milford, “Criticism on Phantasms of the Living,” 14 May. Published in Dec. Death of Peirce’s mother, Sarah Mills, 10 Oct. |
| 1887–88 |
Turned “One, Two, Three” (1885–86) into
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