Abstract: The early ideas of pragmatism enter Bulgaria in 1902 with a translation of William James’s book “Talks to teachers on psychology”. In the following decades pragmatism in Bulgaria is predominantly associated with the works of John Dewey which are eagerly translated to Bulgarian and his ideas about educational reforms are a common topic of discussion in Bulgarian pedagogical journals at the time. It was not until the early 1930s that the name of Peirce resurfaced in Bulgarian academic discourse. A notable example of that is a short book introduction written by Asen Zlatarov in which he sympathizes with Peirce’s laboratory approach in the field of the humanitarian sciences. But it is in the fundamental philosophical heritage of Ivan Sarailiev that the ideas of Peirce received their first detailed evaluation in a Bulgarian context and from there on continue to inspire contemporary scholars up to this day.
Stanul Grozev
