Peirce on Realism and Idealism

This book offers a new interpretation of the metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1839–1914), the founder of pragmatism and one of America''s greatest philosophers. Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce''s basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce''s account of truth, according to which a true belief i...