. ▁Before ▁coming ▁to ▁Texas ▁Te ch , ▁R ans d ell ▁taught ▁philosophy ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Santa ▁Barbara ▁in ▁Santa ▁Barbara ▁and ▁then ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁San ▁Luis ▁Pot os í , ▁Mexico , ▁to ▁write ▁his ▁book ▁P urs uit ▁of ▁Wis dom . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁chief ly ▁about ▁Charles ▁Sand ers ▁Pe ir ce ▁and ▁his ▁theory ▁of ▁representation . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁S ocr ates ▁and ▁the ▁S ocr atic ▁Pl ato . ▁He ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Charles ▁S . ▁Pe ir ce ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁journ als ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Journal ▁of ▁Philosoph y , ▁Sem iot ica , ▁È t udes ▁Ph én om én olog iques , ▁Trans actions ▁of ▁the ▁Charles ▁S . ▁Pe ir ce ▁Society ▁( table ▁of ▁contents ), ▁and ▁SE ED ▁Journal , ▁and ▁in ▁various ▁anth ologies . ▁( See ▁Charles ▁Sand ers ▁Pe ir ce ▁bibli ography # R ans d ell .). < ref ▁name = r ans d ell > {{ cite ▁web | url = http :// lub bo ck online . com / ob itu aries / 2 0 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 6 / j ose ph - m orton - r ans d ell ? v = 1 2 9 4 2 7 7 4 2 4 | title = Jose ph ▁Mort on ▁R ans d ell | publish er = L