Truth and the end of inquiry a Peircean account of truth

C.S. Peirce, founder of pragmatism, argued that truth is what we would agree upon, were enquiry to be pursued as far as it could go. Here, C.J. Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention to Peirce's texts and to the requirements for a suitable account of tr...

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Main Author: Misak, C. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 2004, 2004
Edition:Expanded paperback ed
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:C.S. Peirce, founder of pragmatism, argued that truth is what we would agree upon, were enquiry to be pursued as far as it could go. Here, C.J. Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention to Peirce's texts and to the requirements for a suitable account of truth
Physical Description:xx, 210 p.
ISBN:9780191603174
0191603171