The Frontier and Fallibilism: Toward "A More Perfect Union" of Peirce's Philosophy.

The article assesses the warrant and promise of Charles Peirce fallibilism claim by tracing its development during the 1880s and 1890s with the aim of indicating how it might function as a theme that gathers together Peirce's system including synechism. It provides a hint at what Peirce's philosophy...

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Publicado en:Pluralist Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 89 - 107
Autor principal: MAIN, ROBERT
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Illinois Press Fall2010
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Sumario:The article assesses the warrant and promise of Charles Peirce fallibilism claim by tracing its development during the 1880s and 1890s with the aim of indicating how it might function as a theme that gathers together Peirce's system including synechism. It provides a hint at what Peirce's philosophy would look like if governed by the doctrine of fallibilism. It concludes that Peirce's philosophical development is a never-ending attempt to answer the question he initially posed in his early papers and his philosophy must be viewed as heuristic in value.