The Deweyan epistemology in dialogue with the pragmatist tradition
Keywords:
Pragmatism. Epistemology. Experimental method. Inquiry. Truth.Abstract
By an historical approach, I analyze the evolution of classical pragmatist thinking about the concept of truth, pointing out the elements of Charles S. Peirce and William James’s philosophies that influenced John Dewey to later propose an epistemology of inquiry based on the concept of guaranteed assertion. I divide the article in three parts: (a) I explicit in what sense pragmatism abandoned the concept of truth, highlighting the different approaches of Peirce and James; (b) I emphasize the general characteristics of Deweyan epistemology, considering his philosophy of experience; (c) I examine the theory of inquiry proposed by Dewey, emphasizing its pragmatic character.References
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