File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2003/bhaskar.0312, message 32


From: "Tobin Nellhaus" <nellhaus-AT-gis.net>
Subject: Re: BHA: Putnam's realism
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:18:40 -0500


Hi Ruth--

You asked:

>(3) epistemologically, Putnam goes for what he calls an idealized consensus
theory of truth, or idealized warrented assent.  What the concept of truth
refers to, from this perspective, are propositions that an ideal group of
knowers WOULD consent to.  It's a lot like Habermas, from what I can tell
about Habermas.  And I think that there is some connection back to Pierce
(do you know, Tobin?).
>

Peirce has a consensus theory of truth, but with the important proviso that
the consensus includes all future investigators.  Hence theories that we
believe are true today are always subject to later correction.  He seems to
suggest a sort of asymptotic idea of approaching the truth, but in any case
no "ideal" knowers are involved.  I haven't read the Putnam so I can't speak
any further about what connections there may be.

T.

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Tobin Nellhaus
nellhaus-AT-mail.com
"Faith requires us to be materialists without flinching": C.S. Peirce



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