Record in the Commens Bibliography. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/bibliography/journal_article/dea-shannon-2015-meaning-inquiry-and-rule-reason-hookwayesque, 28.03.2024.
Title:
Meaning, Inquiry, and the Rule of Reason: A Hookwayesque Colligation
Journal:
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Keywords:
Meaning Pragmatism, Inquiry Pragmatism, Robert Talisse, Scott Aikin, Christopher Hookway, Meaning, Inquiry, Elucidation
Abstract:
Taking my lead from Robert Talisse and Scott Aikin's distinction between 'meaning pragmatism' and 'inquiry pragmatism,' and guided throughout by Christopher Hookway's understanding of Peirce, I revisit some of the best-known locuses of both Peirce's meaning pragmatism and his inquiry pragmatism, and conclude that the distinction dissolves in Peirce. For Peirce, the very mechanism for elucidating a concept's meaning, the pragmatic maxim, requires ongoing inquiry. Moreover, in performing an inquiry, we elucidate meaning.
DOI:
10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.51.4.02