Full Idea
Two related worries about Peirce's account of truth are (from Royce) what are we to make of truth if enquiry never reaches an end, and (from Russell) what are we to make of truth if enquiry ends prematurely?
Gist of Idea
If truth is the end of enquiry, what if it never ends, or ends prematurely?
Source
comment on Charles Sanders Peirce (works [1892]) by Albert Atkin - Peirce 3 'issues'
Book Reference
Atkin,Albert: 'Peirce' [Routledge 2016], p.116
A Reaction
The defence of Peirce must be that the theory is not holistic - referring to the whole Truth about absolutely everything. The discovery of the periodic table seems to me to support Peirce. In many areas basic enquiry has reached an end.
Related Idea
Idea 7661 Truth is the opinion fated to be ultimately agreed by all investigators [Peirce]