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Truth, rationality, and pragmatism : themes from Peirce /

"These compelling essays (many of them published here for the first time) present the fruits of fifteen years of research on Peirce, but do so in a way that makes his ideas accessible and relevant for philosophers who are not specialists in the history of American thought. The introduction offe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hookway, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Pragmatism and the Materials of Rational Self-Control
  • 1. Belief, Confidence, and the Method of Science
  • 2. Truth and the Convergence of Opinion
  • 3. Truth and Correspondence
  • 4. Truth and Reference: Peirce versus Royce
  • 5. Vagueness, Logic, and Interpretation
  • 6. Design and Chance: the Evolution of Peirce's Evolutionary Cosmology
  • 7. Metaphysics, Science, and Self-Control
  • 8. Common Sense, Pragmatism, and Rationality
  • 9. Sentiment and Self-Control
  • 10. Doubt: Affective States and the Regulation of Inquiry
  • 11. On Reading God's Great Poem
  • 12. Avoiding Circularity and Proving Pragmatism.