Editing C. I. Lewis (section)

===Legacy===
Lewis's work has been relatively neglected in recent years, even though he set out his ideas at length. He can be understood as both a late [[pragmatism|pragmatist]] and an early [[analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]], and had students of the calibre of [[Brand Blanshard]], [[Nelson Goodman]], and [[Roderick Chisholm]]. Joel Isaac believes this neglect is justified.<ref>Joel Isaac (2006) [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/200092 Why not Lewis?], ''Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society'' via [[Project MUSE]]</ref> However, some scholars believe Lewis is best read as a foundationalist. For example, Griffin Klemick, a professor of philosophy at Hope College, believes that Lewis consistently endorses tenets of foundationalism throughout two of his major publications: ''Mind and the World-Order'' and ''An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation''. Klemick explains that Lewis argues for the existence of completely justified and unquestionable beliefs about our sensory experiences. According to Lewis, these beliefs stand independently, requiring no validation from objective empirical observations or external evidence, which aligns him with foundationalist thought.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klemick |first=Griffin |date=2020-01-01 |title=C. I. Lewis Was a Foundationalist After All |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/hpq/article-abstract/37/1/77/235155/C-I-LEWIS-WAS-A-FOUNDATIONALIST-AFTER-ALL?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=History of Philosophy Quarterly |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=77–99 |doi=10.2307/48595160 |jstor=48595160 |issn=0740-0675}}</ref>

Ten lectures and short articles that Lewis produced in the 1950s were collected and edited by [[John Norman|John Lange]] in 1969. The collection, ''Values and Imperatives: Studies in Ethics'', was published by [[Stanford University Press]].

Lewis's reputation benefits from interest in his contributions to logic (particularly symbolic logic, binary relations, and modal logic) epistemology, and value theory, as well as his role in developing pragmatism within American philosophy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baylis |first=Charles A. |date=1964-01-01 |title=C. I. Lewis's Theory of Value and Ethics |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/jphil/content/jphil_1964_0061_0019_0559_0567 |journal=The Journal of Philosophy |language=en |volume=61 |issue=19 |pages=559–567 |doi=10.2307/2022935|jstor=2022935 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

There are 11.5 linear feet of Lewis's papers at [[Stanford University Libraries]].<ref>[https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082951 Clarence Irving Lewis papers, 1933 to 1967] from [[Stanford University]]</ref>