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

Misak, C.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019824231X ISBN 13: 9780198242314

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

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 of 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. The pragmatic project spells out the relationship between truth and inquiry; it articulates the consequences of a statement's being true. 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.

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"Provides suggestive hypotheses about Peirce and challenging philosophical arguments."--Philosophical Review "Clear, sensible, and mercifully concise....Extremely stimulating and thought-provoking."--Transactions of the C.S. Pierce Society "The exposition and defense of Pierce's views on truth is clear, well organized, and largely nontechnical. It interacts with a good deal of the recent literature relevant to pragmatism and truth. Recommended for libraries supporting a major in philosophy."--Choice "Provides suggestive hypotheses about Peirce and challenging philosophical arguments."--Philosophical Review "Clear, sensible, and mercifully concise....Extremely stimulating and thought-provoking."--Transactions of the C.S. Pierce Society "The exposition and defense of Pierce's views on truth is clear, well organized, and largely nontechnical. It interacts with a good deal of the recent literature relevant to pragmatism and truth. Recommended for libraries supporting a major in philosophy."--Choice "Provides suggestive hypotheses about Peirce and challenging philosophical arguments."--Philosophical Review "Clear, sensible, and mercifully concise....Extremely stimulating and thought-provoking."--Transactions of the C.S. Pierce Society "The exposition and defense of Pierce's views on truth is clear, well organized, and largely nontechnical. It interacts with a good deal of the recent literature relevant to pragmatism and truth. Recommended for libraries supporting a major in philosophy."--Choice "Provides suggestive hypotheses about Peirce and challenging philosophical arguments."--Philosophical Review "Clear, sensible, and mercifully concise....Extremely stimulating and thought-provoking."--Transactions of the C.S. Pierce Society "The exposition and defense of Pierce's views on truth is clear, well organized, and largely nontechnical. It interacts with a good deal of the recent literature relevant to pragmatism and truth. Recommended for libraries supporting a major in philosophy."--Choice

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019824231X
• ISBN 13: 9780198242314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 197