Is Truth an Epistemic Goal? A Conversationalist Approach

• Main Author: Federico Penelas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2010-12-01
• Series: Ideas y Valores
• Subjects: A. Bilgrani; A. Goldmann; R. Rorty; pragmatism; veroteleologism.
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/viewFile/10888/19590

One of the consequences of Richard Rorty’s critique of traditional epistemology is the rejection of veroteleologism, that is, the thesis according to which truth is the end or goal of inquiry. This article aims at consolidating the anti-veroteleological position, on the basis of a critical examination of a series of critiques made from both “realist” and Peircean-style pragmatist perspectives. Consequently, the debate centers on some considerations formulated by Alvin Goldman and Akeel Bilgrami in favor of veroteleologism and against positions such as Rorty’s.