Abstract

One of the crucial debates within pragmatism concerns the import of Charles S. Peirce’s “pragmatic maxim.” My claim is that for Peirce the maxim has a twofold, problematical nature, which I explain in terms of two different tasks that the maxim is supposed to perform: a pragmatic-explicating task (PET) and a pragmatic-normative task (PNT). After a clarification of the two tasks, I discuss the link between PNT and what could be called the “fourth” grade of clarity in the interpretation of a sign. I conclude by reflecting on the reasons why Peirce is committed to the “purity” of PET and find a possible solution in his modal realism.

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