Intellectual hope as convenient friction

Albert Atkin

doi:10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.51.4.04

Intellectual hope as convenient friction

Albert Atkin^*

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Abstract

In this paper, I examine recent treatments of Peircean truth in terms of regulative principles or intellectual hopes, drawing on work by Christopher Hookway, Cheryl Misak, and Andrew Howat. In doing this I show that recent arguments by Huw Price that Peirce’s account cannot provide an eff ective truth norm do not apply when Peircean truth is construed as a regulative assumption on inquiry. I conclude by comparing the “anthropological” sensibilities of Price’s account of truth as convenient friction, and Peirce’s account of truth as a regulative assumption or intellectual hope.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	444-462
Number of pages	19
Journal	Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society
Volume	51
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.51.4.04
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015

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