Christopher Hookway

Truth, Rationality, and Pragmatism

Themes from Peirce

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Produktbeschreibung

Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher and pragmatist, Charles S. Peirce (1839-1913). These themes center on the question of how we are to investigate the world rationally. Hookway shows how Peirce's ideas about this continue to play an important role in contemporary philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780199256587
• ISBN-10: 0199256586
• Artikelnr.: 21974238

Inhaltsangabe

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
References
Index