1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140122703321

Autore

Tiercelin Claudine <1952->

Titolo

The pragmatists and the human logic of truth / / Claudine Tiercelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collège de France, 2014

Paris, France : , : Collège de France, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

2-7226-0339-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 pages)

Collana

Philosophie de la connaissance

Métaphysique et connaissance

Soggetti

Pragmatism

Truth

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The expression "human logic of truth" is Frank P. Ramsey's:"Let us therefore try to get an idea of a human logic which shall not attempt to be reducible to formal logic. Logic, we may agree, is concerned not with what men actually believe, but what they ought to believe, or what it would be reasonable to believe. What then, we must ask, is meant by saying that it is reasonable for a man to have such and such a degree of belief in a proposition?" Many themes developed by Ramsey in his work (on belief, truth, knowledge, but also in ethics)manifest the outstanding inspiration of the founder of pragmatism, C.S. Peirce, who is explicitly referred to in several places. Fundamentally, Peirce's conception of truth is such that he who searches it may be able and forced to adopt it. The human logic of truth he defends goes hand in hand with the view that "real pragmatic truth is truth as can and ought to be used as a guide for conduct". While the views of other major pragmatists (William James, John Dewey, and Hilary Putnam) are also carefully analyzed and contrasted, Peirce's conception is shown to present at least three advantages: "to provide the rational framework for inquiry to proceed" (it is genuinely "logical"), to "make sense of the



practice of inquiry as the search for truth", as something which is not transcendent, beyond inquiry, but accessible (it is genuinely "human"), and finally "to justify a methodology" by encouraging the inquirer to put his beliefs to the test of experience.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162730503321

Autore

Kellerman Jonathan <1981->

Titolo

Heartbreak Hotel : An Alex Delaware Novel / / Jonathan Kellerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Ballantine Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-345-54144-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Collana

Alex Delaware Series ; ; Volume 32

Classificazione

FIC030000FIC022000FIC031000

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Psychologists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex's most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman.  At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history.  What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions--about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination, Thalia promises to tell all during their next session. But when he shows up the following morning, he is met with silence: Thalia is dead in her room.  When questions arise about how Thalia perished, Alex and homicide detective Milo Sturgis must peel back the layers of a fascinating but elusive woman's life and embark on one of the most baffling investigations either of them has ever experienced. For Thalia Mars is a victim like no other, an enigma



who harbored nearly a century of secrets and whose life and death draw those around her into a vortex of violence.  Heartbreak Hotel is classic Delaware and classic Kellerman.  Praise for Jonathan Kellerman  "Jonathan Kellerman's psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix."--Los Angeles Times    "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers--he owns the genre."--Detroit Free Press    "A master of the psychological thriller."--People"--

"Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis investigate the murder of woman who led a long life full of dark secrets"--