At the end of the past century, both hermeneutics and analytic philosophy entered a severe crisis, paving the way for a “pragmatic turn” that combined respectively a methodical pattern that avoided irrationalism or crude nihilism (Habermas), and an interpretative context that avoided the infinite analysis bereft of any meaningful, ideal horizon (Brandom, Marconi, Putnam). This paper tracks the crisis in a common Kantian background that has shown its insufficiency in many fields: hypothetical reasoning, creative processes, daily acts of trust, beliefs. Using Peirce’s insights, here I will try to explore beliefs because they have a peculiar rationale that classic philosophy, and a fortiori Kant’s critic and followers, have overlooked. As we are going to see Peirce’s view of belief stems from the continuity between reality and thought, and opens up a new understanding of reasoning, beyond the Kantian analytic-synthetic distinction.
The Belief story: Peirce's anti-kantian open perspectives
MADDALENA, Giovanni
2010-01-01
Abstract
At the end of the past century, both hermeneutics and analytic philosophy entered a severe crisis, paving the way for a “pragmatic turn” that combined respectively a methodical pattern that avoided irrationalism or crude nihilism (Habermas), and an interpretative context that avoided the infinite analysis bereft of any meaningful, ideal horizon (Brandom, Marconi, Putnam). This paper tracks the crisis in a common Kantian background that has shown its insufficiency in many fields: hypothetical reasoning, creative processes, daily acts of trust, beliefs. Using Peirce’s insights, here I will try to explore beliefs because they have a peculiar rationale that classic philosophy, and a fortiori Kant’s critic and followers, have overlooked. As we are going to see Peirce’s view of belief stems from the continuity between reality and thought, and opens up a new understanding of reasoning, beyond the Kantian analytic-synthetic distinction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.