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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | Expanded paperback ed |
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 210 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191603174 0191603171 |