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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783467203321

Autore

Misak C. J (Cheryl J.)

Titolo

Truth and the end of inquiry [[electronic resource] ] : a Peircean account of truth / / C.J. Misak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-160317-1

1-281-98910-X

0-19-151963-4

9786611989101

Edizione

[Expanded paperback ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Oxford philosophical monographs

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Truth

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. Pragmatism; 2. Inquiry: The Fixation of Belief; 3. Logic; 4. Objectivity, Bivalence, and Truth; 5. Ethics; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

C. S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, argued that truth is what we would agree upon, were inquiry to be pursued as far as it could fruitfully go. In this book C. J. Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention both to Peirce's texts and to the requirements for a suitable account of truth. An important argument of the book is that we must be sensitive to the difference between offering a definition of truth and engaging in a distinctivelypragmatic project. This book spells out the relationship between truth and inquiry; it articulates the consequences of a