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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Misak, C. J. (Cheryl J.)

Series:

Oxford philosophical monographs.

Oxford philosophical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Inquiry (Theory of knowledge).

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

Peirce, Charles S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

Expanded paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-160317-1

1-281-98910-X

0-19-151963-4

9786611989101

OCLC:

370946282