The purpose of the Charles S. Peirce Society is to encourage study of and communication about the work of Charles S. Peirce and its ongoing influence in the many fields of intellectual endeavor to which he contributed.

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2023 Peirce Essay Prize Results

The winner of the 2023 Essay Prize is Rocco Monti (Roma Tre University / Ecole Normale Superieure) for his essay “Charles S. Peirce and the Origins of Vagueness”. Rocco presented his winning essay at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Charles S. Peirce Society

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The Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy

Since its founding in 1965, this has been the premier peer-reviewed journal specializing in the history of American philosophy. Although named after the founder of American pragmatism, the Transactions covers all types of American thought, from the colonial period until the recent past…

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Executive Committee

President: Hans Joas (Humboldt University of Berlin)

Vice-President: Cornelis de Waal (Indiana University Indianapolis)

Past-President: Yi Jiang (Shanxi University)

Executive Director: Aaron Wilson (South Texas College)

At-large Members: Francesco Bellucci (University of Bologna), Maria Regina Brioschi (University of Milan), Diana Heney (Vanderbilt University)

Transactions Editor-in-Chief: Cornelis de Waal (Indiana University Indianapolis)

Webmaster & Outreach Officer: Scott Metzger (McMaster University)

Fellows of the Charles S. Peirce Society

(living past Presidents)

Robert Almeder, Douglas Anderson, Richard J. Bernstein, Vincent Colapietro, Cornelius F. Delaney, André De Tienne, Rossella Fabbrichesi, Susan Haack, Carl R. Hausman, Risto Hilpinen, Christopher J. Hookway, Nathan Houser, Ivo Ibri, Kenneth L. Ketner, John Lachs, Isaac Levi, James Liszka, Rosa Mayorga, Cheryl Misak, Robert C. Neville, Jaime Nubiola, Klaus Oehler, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Michael Raposa, Sandra B. Rosenthal, Lucia Santaella, Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, Michael Shapiro, Thomas L. Short, Claudine Tiercelin, John Woods, Yi Jiang