Peirce on Realism and Idealism
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Peirce on Realism and Idealism

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Peirce on Realism and Idealism

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This book offers a new interpretation of the metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1839–1914), the founder of pragmatism and one of America's greatest philosophers. Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce's basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce's account of truth, according to which a true belief is one that would be settled by investigation and that also represents the real world. He then explores Peirce's application of his Pragmatic Maxim to clarify the idea of reality, his two forms of idealism, and his realism about generality and vagueness. This rich study will provide readers with a clear understanding of Peirce's thoughts on reality and truth and how they intersect, and of his views on the relation between the mind and the external world.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781108246286
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Introduction: Basic Realism
  10. Chapter 1 The Dual-Aspect Account of Truth
  11. Chapter 2 The Pragmatic Clarification of the Idea of Reality
  12. Chapter 3 Basic Idealism and Objective Idealism
  13. Chapter 4 The Idealistic Theory of Reality: Idealism in the Cognition Series
  14. Chapter 5 Generals: Early Scholastic Realism
  15. Chapter 6 Generals and Vagues: Late Scholastic Realism
  16. Chapter 7 “A Lacuna in the Completeness of Reality”: Deficit Indeterminacy
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index