Endowments
For more than fifty years, the Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism has been the home of scholarship on Charles S. Peirce, one of history's great interdisciplinary minds. That work is sustained by the generosity of friends, families, and donors who believe in keeping Peirce's legacy alive and supporting the next generation of scholars.
Gifts of any size help fund fellowships, research in the Christine Ladd-Franklin Cognition Lab, and the Institute's conferences and awards. To make a gift or discuss naming a fellowship, please contact us at pragmaticism@ttu.edu or 806.742.3128.
| Charles Sidney Hardwick Memorial Peirce Studies Endowment | |
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Charles S. Hardwick was a co-founder of the Institute and served as Vice President
for Academic Affairs at Texas Tech University. The endowment that bears his name supports
graduate students at a vital stage of their research, through the Hardwick Fellowship. The Institute is grateful for the Hardwick family's continuous friendship and generosity. |
| Berti Gabriella and Kenneth Laine Ketner Endowment | |
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Berti and Kenneth Ketner have dedicated their life’s work to the Lubbock Community
and to Texas Tech. As co-founder, Director of the Institute and P. W. Horn Professor,
Kenneth L. Ketner has pioneered research on Peirce’s work nationally and internationally.
His works include His Glassy Essence: An Autobiography of Charles Sanders Peirce, A Thief of Peirce:
The Correspondence of Kenneth Laine Ketner and Walker Percy, and Reasoning and the Logic of Things, Peirce's 1898 lectures (edited with Hilary Putnam, including commentaries). Berti Gabriella and Kenneth Laine Ketner Endowment was founded to support the Peirce Interdisciplinary Professorship. |
| Claude V. Bridges Memorial Endowment | |
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Claude V. Bridges was a dedicated young Peirce scholar and a graduate student at the
Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism. Claude deeply believed in the importance of
the Institute’s mission to serve Peirce studies and also had the talent to convince
donors to commit to the Institute’s vision. The endowment was established after his
tragic death, to keep his example of aspiration and love for scientific truth as an
inspirational source for young researchers. The purpose of the endowment is to support research and publication projects as well as evolving needs of the Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism. |
| Charles Sanders Peirce Interdisciplinary Professorship Endowment | |
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Charles Sanders Peirce Interdisciplinary Professorship Endowment was founded to support the Peirce Interdisciplinary Professorship. |
| Fran and O.V. Scott Endowment for The Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism | |
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Fran Scott was a graduate of Cornell University, and earned a Masters Degree in Philosophy
and an Ph.D in Fine Arts from Texas Tech. She taught in the Philosophy department
as a professor at Texas Tech and was a dedicated Peirce Scholar and Institute Member.
She wrote Life as a Laboratory (Peirce Studies number seven), an examination of Peirce's System of Science from the standpoint of
Fine Arts. Fran and O.V. Scott Endowment for the Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism was founded to support the Peirce Interdisciplinary Professorship. |
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