Peirce on Reality, Truth, and the Convergence of Inquiry in the Limit

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-2005

Abstract

The article analyzes how American philosopher Charles Peirce understands the concept of reality. He identifies the real as that which is independent of what any individual thinks about it and as a type of cognition and as the object of inquiry. Obtrusive realism and projective realism are the two central elements in Peirce's thoughts on reality. A set of problems relating to Peirce's assumption that inquiry must ultimately focus on true beliefs about reality is also presented.

Discipline

Philosophy

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society

Volume

41

Issue

3

First Page

541

Last Page

566

ISSN

0009-1774

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Additional URL

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40321044

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