The Road of Inquiry, Charles Peirce's Pragmatic RealismColumbia University Press, 1981 - Всего страниц: 261 Scientist, mathematician, thinker, the father of pragmatism, the inspiration for William James and John Dewey, Charles Peirce has remained until recently a philosopher's philosopher. Peirce trod a fine line between the extremes of nominalism and realism, tough-minded pragmatism and metaphysical speculation. As Peter Skagestad makes clear, Peirce's system of thought was fragmented, incomplete, and sometimes inconsistent. But one overriding concern gives unity to the whole: the road of inquiry must never be blocked. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Outline of Peirces Theory of Inquiry | 7 |
Peirces Early Realism | 49 |
C | 57 |
d | 75 |
Pragmatism as a Criterion of Meaning | 87 |
Peirces Pragmatic Realism | 119 |
Convergence and Its Conditions | 163 |
The legitimacy of statistical explanations | 213 |
f The anthropocentrism of science | 221 |
Notes | 229 |
87 | 239 |
Bibliography | 241 |
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Science Belief and NonScientific Knowledge | 195 |
The shortterm fallibility of science | 206 |
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