Catherine Legg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3873364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Legg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Legg |
| SIGNATURE | LEGG C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A properly pragmatist pragmatics
Although most contemporary philosophers of language hold that semantics and pragmatics require separate study, there is surprisingly little agreement on where exactly the line should be drawn between these two areas, and why. In this paper I suggest that this lack of clarity is at least partly caused by a certain historical obfuscation of the roots of the founding three-way distinction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in Charles Peirce’s …
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
Peirce, meaning, and the Semantic Web
This paper seeks an explanation for the challenges faced by Semantic Web developers in achieving their vision, compared to the staggering near-instantaneous success of the World Wide Web. To this end it contrasts two broad philosophical understandings of meaning and argues that the choice between them carries real consequences for how developers attempt to engineer the Semantic Web. The first is Rene Descartes' “private,” static account of meanin…
Charles Peirce's Limit Concept of Truth
This entry explores Charles Peirce's account of truth in terms of the end or 'limit' of inquiry. This account is distinct from - and arguably more objectivist than - views of truth found in other pragmatists such as James and Rorty. The roots of the account in mathematical concepts is explored, and it is defended from objections that it is (i) incoherent, (ii) in its faith in convergence, too realist and (iii) in its 'internal realism', not reali…
A properly pragmatist pragmatics
Although most contemporary philosophers of language hold that semantics and pragmatics require separate study, there is surprisingly little agreement on where exactly the line should be drawn between these two areas, and why. In this paper I suggest that this lack of clarity is at least partly caused by a certain historical obfuscation of the roots of the founding three-way distinction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in Charles Peirce’s …
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Pragmatism (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Digital Humanities and Scholarship (1 works) · Faith (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works) · Meaning (existential) (1 works)