Record in the Commens Bibliography. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/bibliography/journal_article/floridi-luciano-1994-scepticism-and-search-knowledge-peirceish-answer, 27.09.2023.
Title:
Scepticism and the Search for Knowledge: a Peirceish Answer to a Kantian Doubt
Journal:
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society
Keywords:
Doubt, Scepticism, Knowledge
Abstract:
Argues that philosopher C.S. Peirce's interpretation of the genesis of the search for knowledge can provide a winning strategy with respect to the sceptical problem. Origin of man's search for knowledge according to Aristotle; Discussion on a Platonic understanding of the desire to know; Ways of obtaining the cessation of doubt, the settlement of opinion and the acquisition of a state of mental ataraxia.