Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism. Themes from Peirce.

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Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), often described as the founder of pragmatism. These themes centre on the question how we are able to investigate the world rationally; Peirce's ideas about t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hookway, Christopher
Autor Corporativo: Oxford University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Peirce, Charles S. > (Charles Sanders), > 1839-1914.
Peirce, Charles S. > (Charles Sanders), > 1839-1914
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Belief, confidence, and the method of science
  • Truth and the convergence of opinion
  • Truth and correspondence
  • Truth and reference: Peirce versus Royce
  • Vagueness, logic, and interpretation
  • Design and chance: the evolution of Perice's evolutionary cosomology
  • Metaphysics, science, and self-control
  • Common sense, pragmatism, and rationality
  • Sentiment and self control
  • Doubt: affective states, and the regulation of inquiry
  • On reading God's great poem
  • Avoiding circularity and proving pragmatism.

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