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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2025 Peirce Essay Prize Results

The winner of the 2025 Essay Prize is Jimmy Aames (Kobe University, Japan) for his essay “Peirce’s Tychism and the Non-Euclidean Nature of Physical Space”. Prof. Aames presented his essay at the 2026 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: Shannon Dea (Saint Mary’s University)

Vice-President: Mark Migotti (University of Calgary)

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

Executive Director: Aaron Wilson (South Texas College)

At-large Members: Cassiano Terra Rodrigues (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica), Claudia Cristalli (Tilburg University), 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, Vincent Colapietro, André De Tienne, Rossella Fabbrichesi, Carl R. Hausman, Risto Hilpinen, Nathan Houser, Ivo Ibri, Kenneth L. Ketner, James Liszka, Rosa Mayorga, Cheryl Misak, Robert C. Neville, Jaime Nubiola, Klaus Oehler, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Michael Raposa, Lucia Santaella, Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, Michael Shapiro, Thomas L. Short, Claudine Tiercelin, Yi Jiang, Hans Joas, Cornelis de Waal