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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2024 Peirce Essay Prize Results

The winner of the 2024 Essay Prize is Niall Roe (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge) for his essay “Charles Peirce and Experimental Science”. Niall presented his winning essay at the 2025 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: Cornelis de Waal (Indiana University Indianapolis)

Vice-President: Shannon Dea (University of Regina)

Past-President: Hans Joas (Humboldt University of Berlin)

Executive Director: Aaron Wilson (South Texas College)

At-large Members: Cassiano Terra Rodrigues (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica), 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 (University of Toronto)

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