Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth

by C. J. Misak

Overview

C.S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, argued that truth is what we would agree upon, were inquiry to be pursued as far as it could fruitfully go. In this book, Misak argues for and elucidates the pragmatic account of truth, paying attention both to Peirce's texts and to the requirements of a suitable account of truth. An important argument of the book is that we must be sensitive to the difference between offering a definition of truth and engaging in a distinctively pragmatic project. The pragmatic project spells out the relationship between truth and inquiry; it articulates the consequences of a statement's being true. The existence of a distinct pragmatic enterprise has implications for the status of the pragmatic account of truth and for the way in which philosophy should be conducted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199270590
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/06/2004
Series:	Oxford Philosophical Monographs
Edition description:	ENL
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	8.56(w) x 5.38(h) x 0.51(d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

"Provides suggestive hypotheses about Peirce and challenging philosophical arguments."—Philosophical Review

"Clear, sensible, and mercifully concise....Extremely stimulating and thought-provoking."—Transactions of the C.S. Pierce Society

"The exposition and defense of Pierce's views on truth is clear, well organized, and largely nontechnical. It interacts with a good deal of the recent literature relevant to pragmatism and truth. Recommended for libraries supporting a major in philosophy."—Choice

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