LEADER 02677nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910825587803321 005 20230617001625.0 010 $a0-19-160317-1 010 $a1-281-98910-X 010 $a0-19-151963-4 010 $a9786611989101 035 $a(CKB)1000000000209863 035 $a(EBL)746710 035 $a(OCoLC)370946282 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092339 035 $a(PQKB)10720861 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075371 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC746710 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL746710 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10283817 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL198910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5746120 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000209863 100 $a20031021d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTruth and the end of inquiry $ea Peircean account of truth /$fC.J. Misak 205 $aExpanded paperback ed. 210 $aOxford $cClarendon ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aOxford philosophical monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-824231-X 311 $a0-19-927059-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Introduction; 1. Pragmatism; 2. Inquiry: The Fixation of Belief; 3. Logic; 4. Objectivity, Bivalence, and Truth; 5. Ethics; Bibliography; Index 330 $aC. S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, argued that truth is what we would agree upon, were inquiry to be pursued as far as it could fruitfully go. In this book C. J. Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention both to Peirce's texts and to the requirements for a suitable account of truth. An important argument of the book is that we must be sensitive to the difference between offering a definition of truth and engaging in a distinctivelypragmatic project. This book spells out the relationship between truth and inquiry; it articulates the consequences of a 410 0$aOxford philosophical monographs. 606 $aTruth 606 $aInquiry (Theory of knowledge) 615 0$aTruth. 615 0$aInquiry (Theory of knowledge) 676 $a121 676 $a121.092 700 $aMisak$b C. J$g(Cheryl J.)$0532719 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825587803321 996 $aTruth and the end of inquiry$94051507 997 $aUNINA