public lecture invitation

The Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a public lecture by Cheryl Misak (Professor of Philosophy, VP Academic, University of Toronto at Mississauga) Thursday, 12. June, 5.00 PM - Zrinyi 14/room 412 'Pragmatism and Deflationism' C.S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, argued that we should turn our backs on the correspondence theory of truth because it rests on an unhappy and bloated metaphysics. We must embrace, rather, a deflated and naturalist view of truth on which a true belief is a belief which would forever stand up to inquiry. Contemporary deflationists, however, think of Peirce as a misguided opponent. They object to his thought that truth is a property; that is, they think that he hasn't deflated truth enough. I shall argue that the dispute between the classical deflationist and the Peircean deflationist is not as significant as it first seems and suggest that the classical deflationist should follow Peirce in saying something general about what truth is. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu