About the Institute

Doing Interdisciplinary Science and Humanities aims to enhance our ability to observe and develop critical literacy in the pursuit of understanding knowledge gained in different disciplines.

We understand the study of Pragmaticism primarily as the study of the history and application of scientific thought and methodology. Our Institute has a long record of national and international research presence; it has achieved its rank through hard and sustainable scholarly work in its most genuine form. An utmost priority of our research activity is to connect the long history of the Institute’s work on Peirce to young scholars. By giving access to Peirce’s work through research and publications, the institute also seeks to further enhance the research ranking of Texas Tech University among higher education institutions.

Visit Us

The Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism is located in the Main Library Building at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Visitors, prospective students, and researchers are always welcome.

Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism
Box 4002
Texas Tech Universty
Lubbock, TX 79409-0002
806.742.3128 · pragmaticism@ttu.edu

Parking & Directions

If you are planning to visit by car, several parking options are available. There is a pay-to-park lot next to the Texas Tech University Library building. If you are new to campus, you can also stop at a parking entry booth during normal university business hours to request directions and a guest parking pass.

Visiting the Cognition Lab

The Christine Ladd-Franklin Cognition Lab is on the third floor of the Main Library Building, Room 305, and welcomes researchers and graduate students from every discipline. To arrange a visit or discuss using the lab, please contact us in advance.

History

The Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism was founded in 1971 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock with a modest grant. It was conceived by the then vice president for Academic Affairs, Charles S. Hardwick and Professor Kenneth L. Ketner. The founders and donors have helped Texas Tech to be part of an American intellectual treasure: the work and thought of Charles S. Peirce, a physicist, mathematician, logician and engineer, one of the greatest interdisciplinary scientists in history.

Its mission is to facilitate study of the life and works of Peirce and his continuing influence within interdisciplinary science. Shortly after it was established, the founders put together a comprehensive collection of Peirce’s works for broad research interests:

• Peirce's unpublished manuscripts (80.000 pages)
• over 800 published articles by Peirce as a microfiche collection, as well as
• a comprehensive bibliography of the published works of Charles Sanders Peirce with a Bibliography of Secondary Sources keyed to an online database of Peirce's publications.

Today, as the first and oldest organized Center on Charles S. Peirce's work, the Institute Archive includes several collections and is supported by several Endowments that serve its purpose.

Our academic family invites you to scholarly engagement, as we believe in academic integrity and strive for national and international cooperation.