Living Doubt
. Ed(S): Debrock, G.; Hulswit, Menno
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Hardback. Presents 26 papers by some of the leading philosophers, demonstrating the cosmopolitan variety of approach to Peirce's epistemology. This book groups the contributions under three general headings: Knowledge, truth and the pragmatic principle; Peirce and the epistemological tradition; and Knowledge, language and semeiotic. Editor(s): Debrock, G.; Hulswit, Menno. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839--1914) has often been referred to as one of the most important North American philosophers, but the real extent of his philosophical importance is only now beginning to emerge. Peirce's `pragmaticism' (his own term) may provide the key to an epistemological theory which avoids both the Scylla of foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism. Peirce's `Logic', linked to a conception of knowledge and of science, is increasingly coming to be recognised as the only possible one.
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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839--1914) has often been referred to as one of the most important North American philosophers, but the real extent of his philosophical importance is only now beginning to emerge. Peirce's `pragmaticism' (his own term) may provide the key to an epistemological theory which avoids both the Scylla of foundationalism and the Charybdis of relativism. Peirce's `Logic', linked to a conception of knowledge and of science, is increasingly coming to be recognised as the only possible one.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792328988
SKU
V9780792328988
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99-15
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