Peirce on facts and true propositions |
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Authors: | Richard Kenneth Atkins |
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Institution: | Philosophy Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Peirce maintains that facts and propositions are structurally isomorphic. When we understand how Peirce thinks they are isomorphic, we find that a common objection raised against epistemic conceptions of truth – that there are facts beyond the ken of discovery – holds no water against Peirce’s claim that truth is what would be believed after a sufficiently long and rigorous course of inquiry. |
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Keywords: | Peirce proposition fact truth |
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