Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) - Softcover

Buch 2 von 22: Oxford Philosophical Monographs

Misak, C. J.

 
9780199270590: Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199270597 ISBN 13: 9780199270590
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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 distinctively pragmatic project. This book spells out the relationship between truth and inquiry; it articulates the consequences of a statement's being true. It shows that the existence of a distinct pragmatic enterprise has implications for the status of the pragmatic account of truth and for the way in which philosophy should be conducted.
This new paperback includes a brand-new additional chapter, along with a new preface and revised bibliography.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

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C..S. Pierce, 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 Cheryl Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention both to Peirce's text and to the requirements of a suitable account of the truth. In her account, the correspondence theory of truth is rejected, yet relativism is avoided and the principle of bivalence is preserved, albeit in unusual way.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0199270597
ISBN 13 
9780199270590
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232
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