The nature of truth : classic and contemporary perspectives / edited by Michael P. Lynch.
2001
BD171 .N35 2001
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Title
The nature of truth : classic and contemporary perspectives / edited by Michael P. Lynch.
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CogNet library.
ISBN
9780262278690 (electronic bk.)
0262278693 (electronic bk.)
0262122391 (alk. paper)
9780262122399 (alk. paper)
0262621452 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262621458 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0262278693 (electronic bk.)
0262122391 (alk. paper)
9780262122399 (alk. paper)
0262621452 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262621458 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
Copyright
©2001
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 802 pages)
Call Number
BD171 .N35 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
121
Summary
"What is truth?" has long been the philosophical question par excellence. The Nature of Truth collects in one volume the twentieth century's most influential philosophical work on the subject. The coverage strikes a balance between classic works and the leading edge of current philosophical research.The essays center around two questions: Does truth have an underlying nature? And if so, what sort of nature does it have? Thus the book discusses both traditional and deflationary theories of truth, as well as phenomenological, postmodern, and pluralist approaches to the problem. The essays are organized by theory. Each of the seven sections opens with a detailed introduction that not only discusses the essays in that section but relates them to other relevant essays in the book. Eleven of the essays are previously unpublished or substantially revised. The book also includes suggestions for further reading.ContributorsLinda Martin Alcoff, William P. Alston, J.L. Austin, Brand Blanshard, Marian David, Donald Davidson, Michael Devitt, Michael Dummett, Hartry Field, Michel Foucault, Dorothy Grover, Anil Gupta, Martin Heidegger, Terence Horgan, Jennifer Hornsby, Paul Horwich, William James, Michael P. Lynch, Charles Sanders Pierce, Hilary Putnam, W.V.O. Quine, F.P. Ramsey, Richard Rorty, Bertrand Russell, Scott Soames, Ernest Sosa, P.F. Strawson, Alfred Tarski, Ralph C. Walker, Crispin Wright
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Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966-
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