Animal of realities and logical animal. Annotations on Zubiri and Peirce

Abstract

This article is divided into two parts. The first part analyzes Spanish reception of
pragmatism according to William James’ version in authors such as Eugenio d’Ors, Miguel de Unamuno and José Ortega y Gasset. The second one focuses on a critical comparison between Zubiri’s and Peirce’s philosophies starting from their definition of man. In that context, some meaningful analogies come up: the use of the concept of «precisive», the reference to Basque language and its relationship with a new Logic, the anti-Cartesian attitude, the mediated character
of «percept» and the role which the «Unreal» takes in their concept of experience and knowledge.