Peirce on realism and idealism / Robert Lane, University of West Georgia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Robert (Robert Edwin), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914.

Peirce, Charles S.

Realism.

Idealism.

Pragmatism.

Physical Description:

x, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce's basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce's account of truth, according to which a true belief is one that would be settled by investigation and that also represents the real world. He then explores Peirce's application of his Pragmatic Maxim to clarify the idea of reality, his two forms of idealism, and his realism about generality and vagueness. This rich study will provide readers with a clear understanding of Peirce's thoughts on reality and truth and how they intersect, and of his views on the relation between the mind and the external world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The dual-aspect account of truth

The pragmatic clarification of the idea of reality

Basic idealism and objective idealism

The idealistic theory of reality: idealism in the cognition series

Generals: early scholastic realism

Generals and vagues: late scholastic realism

"A lacuna in the completeness of reality": deficit indeterminacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108415224

1108415229

OCLC:

994580570