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Peirce and the Threat of Nominalism.
Provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought and analyses his challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Nominalism as demonic doctrine; CHAPTER 2 Logic, philosophy and the special sciences; CHAPTER 3 Continuity and the problem of universals; CHAPTER 4 Continuity and meaning: Peirce's pragmatic maxim; CHAPTER 5 Logical foundations of Peirce's pragmatic maxim; CHAPTER 6 Experience and its role in inquiry; CHAPTER 7 Inquiry as self-corrective; CHAPTER 8 Theories of truth: Peirce versus the nominalists; CHAPTER 9 Order out of chaos: Peirce's evolutionary cosmology.
- CHAPTER 10 A universe of chance: foundations of Peirce's indeterminismCHAPTER 11 From inquiry to ethics: the pursuit of truth as moral ideal; Bibliography; Index.