PRAGMATISM, PLURALISM, AND THE PEIRCE PRINCIPLE

Juan JosÃ© Acero

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PRAGMATISM, PLURALISM, AND THE PEIRCE PRINCIPLE

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401205849_005

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This chapter examines Putnamâs views on Pragmatism and points out that, according to this philosopher, metaphysical pluralism, i.e. antiessentialism, is not only the distinguishing feature of this philosophical trend, but also a feature that makes impossible to reconcile Pragmatism with what Putnam calls the Absolute Conception of Reality, a view he attributes to Bernard Williams. After calling the readerâs attention towards how far is Putnam from adopting the Peirce Principle, which Dewey thought it to resume Pragmatismâs main substance, it is argued that this principle naturally fits in with two ingredients of the Absolute Conception, namely the transcendence requirement and the convergence requirement. Finally, the chapter claims that there are two different interpretations of the Peirce Principle, i.e. a verificationist reading and a non-verificationist one, and holds that the transcendence and convergence requirements were already present in Deweyâs work on education.

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Following Putnamâs Trail

On Realism and Other Issues

Series:Â PoznaÅ Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 95Â andÂ PoznaÅ Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Online, Volume: 95

E-Book ISBN:: 9789401205849

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2008

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  - Philosophy of Science
  - Philosophy of Mind
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