John Duns Scotus, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Chaucer's Portrayal of the Canterbury Pilgrims

Author / Editor
Wimsatt, James I.

Title
John Duns Scotus, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Chaucer's Portrayal of the Canterbury Pilgrims

Published
Speculum 71 (1996): 633-45.

Description
Relates the GP portraits to the philosophy of realism expressed by Scotus and Peirce. Chaucer's realism is especially like Peirce's in its emphasis on behavior, historical coordinates, and the use of lively action or dynamic process to define the "real general" conveyed by the characters' activities.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.