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

• Autore: Misak C. J (Cheryl J.)
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Edizione: Expanded paperback ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetto topico: Truth; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Truth and the end of inquiry
• ISBN: 0-19-160317-1; 1-281-98910-X; 0-19-151963-4; 9786611989101
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783467203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford philosophical monographs.