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Deflationary Truth

Author : Bradley P. Armour-Garb
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780812695540
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Deflationary Truth written by Bradley P. Armour-Garb and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deflationism is a recent, but increasingly popular, theory of truth. Deflationists deny the existence of a substantive theory about truth -- an account of the property "truth" that enables all of the facts about truth to be explained. Deflationism rejects all of the existing traditional theories about truth: correspondence, coherence, and pragmatist. Students of philosophy as well as deflationary theorists will appreciate the depth of the articles as well as the exhaustive annotated bibliography in this book.

From a Deflationary Point of View

Author : Paul Horwich
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780191530685
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book From a Deflationary Point of View written by Paul Horwich and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Deflationism' has emerged as one of the most significant developments in contemporary philosophy. It is best known as a story about truth - roughly, that the traditional search for its underlying nature is misconceived, since there can be no such thing. However, the scope of deflationism extends well beyond that particular topic. For, in the first place, such a view of truth substantially affects what we should say about neighboring concepts such as 'reality', 'meaning', and 'rationality'. And in the second place, the anti-theoretical meta-philosophy that lies behind that view - the idea that philosophical problems are characteristically based on confusion and should therefore be dissolved rather than solved - may fruitfully be applied throughout the subject, in epistemology, ethics, the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and so on. The essays reprinted here were written over the last twenty five years. They represent Paul Horwich's development of the deflationary perspective and demonstrate its considerable power and fertility. They concern a broad array of philosophical problems: the nature of truth, realism vs. anti-realism, the creation of meaning, epistemic rationality, the conceptual role of "ought", probabilistic models of scientific reasoning, the autonomy of art, the passage of time, and the trajectory of Wittgenstein's philosophy. They appear as originally published except for the correction of obvious mistakes, the interpolation of clarifying material, and the inclusion of new footnotes to indicate Horwich's subsequent directions of thought.

Realism and Truth

Author : Michael Devitt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691011875
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Realism and Truth written by Michael Devitt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a provocative thesis, philosophy professor Michael Devitt argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world and for a corresponding notion of truthcontrary to the opinions of anti-realists such as Putnam, Dummett, van Fraassen, and others. This second edition includes a new Afterword by the author.

The Epistemic Lightness of Truth

Author : Cezary Cieśliński
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107197651
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis The Epistemic Lightness of Truth by : Cezary Cieśliński

Download or read book The Epistemic Lightness of Truth written by Cezary Cieśliński and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the deflationary claim of the innocence of truth, taking into account recent results on axiomatic truth theories.

Truth and Pluralism

Author : Nikolaj J.L.L. Pedersen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199970726
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Pluralism written by Nikolaj J.L.L. Pedersen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relative merits and demerits of historically prominent views about truth, such as the correspondence theory, coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism, and instrumentalism have been subject to much attention, and have fueled the long-lived debate over which of these views is the most plausible. While diverging in their specific philosophical commitments, adherents of these views are in agreement in at least one fundamental respect: they are all alethic monists. They endorse the thesis that there is only one property in virtue of which propositions can be true, and so, in this sense, take truth to be one. The truth pluralist, on the other hand, rejects this idea: there are several properties in virtue of which propositions can be true. The literature on truth pluralism has been growing steadily for the past twenty years. This volume, however, is the first to focus specifically on pluralism about truth. Part I is dedicated to the development, investigation, and critical discussion of different forms of pluralism. One additional reason to examine truth pluralism is the significant connections it bears to other debates in the truth literature--particularly debates concerning traditional theories of truth and the deflationism/inflationism divide. Parts II and III of the volume connect truth pluralism to these two debates.

A Theory of Truthmaking

Author : Jamin Asay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108499880
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Truthmaking written by Jamin Asay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how truthmaking can be used to make progress all across philosophy, but without its usual theoretical baggage.

Mathematical Anti-Realism and Modal Nothingism

Author : Mark Balaguer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009346040
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Anti-Realism and Modal Nothingism written by Mark Balaguer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element defends mathematical anti-realism against an underappreciated problem with that view-a problem having to do with modal truthmaking. Part I develops mathematical anti-realism, it defends that view against a number of well-known objections, and it raises a less widely discussed objection to anti-realism-an objection based on the fact that (a) mathematical anti-realists need to commit to the truth of certain kinds of modal claims, and (b) it's not clear that the truth of these modal claims is compatible with mathematical anti-realism. Part II considers various strategies that anti-realists might pursue in trying to solve this modal-truth problem with their view, it argues that there's only one viable view that anti-realists can endorse in order to solve the modal-truth problem, and it argues that the view in question-which is here called modal nothingism-is true.

Truth: A Contemporary Reader

Author : Douglas Edwards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474213324
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Truth: A Contemporary Reader written by Douglas Edwards and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time Truth: A Contemporary Reader brings together essays that have shaped two aspects of a fundamental philosophical topic: the nature of truth and the value of truth. Featuring 22 essays, this up-to-date reader includes seminal work by leading figures in contemporary analytic philosophy. It charts the development of the central 'grand proposals' about the nature of truth, and subsequently how their influence gradually diminished in face of new theories developed in the 20th and 21st-centuries. The reader also demonstrates how truth is often taken to be valuable in various ways, in particular as the norm of correctness for belief and assertion, and the relationship between truth and other epistemic values. With introductory overviews to each group of related papers complemented by guides to further reading, this reader introduces the central debates, familiarizes students with the most important work in the field and covers pivotal theories of truth including: - correspondence theories - coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism - deflationary, primitivist, and pluralist theories Moreover, by showing how thoughts about truth and value bear heavily on one another, Truth: A Contemporary Reader provides new opportunities for understanding and advancing the link between these central topics. This is an essential collection for anyone studying or working in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language today.

The Nature of Truth

Author : Michael P. Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262621458
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Truth written by Michael P. Lynch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001-04-13 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. Contributors Linda Martín 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

Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy

Author : Paul Horwich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199588872
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy written by Paul Horwich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Horwich presents a bold new interpretation of Wittgenstein's later work. He argues that it is Wittgenstein's radically anti-theoretical metaphilosophy - and not his identification of the meaning of a word with its use - that underpins his discussions of specific issues concerning language, the mind, mathematics, knowledge, art, and religion.

Truth and Truthmakers

Author : D. M. Armstrong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521547239
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Truthmakers written by D. M. Armstrong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2004, makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy.

A Prosentential Theory of Truth

Author : Dorothy Grover
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140086268X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book A Prosentential Theory of Truth written by Dorothy Grover and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a number of influential articles published since 1972, Dorothy Grover has developed the prosentential theory of truth. Brought together and published with a new introduction, these essays are even more impressive as a group than they were as single contributions to philosophy and linguistics. Denying that truth has an explanatory role, the prosentential theory does not address traditional truth issues like belief, meaning, and justification. Instead, it focuses on the grammatical role of the truth predicate and asserts that "it is true" is a prosentence, functioning much as a pronoun does. Grover defends the theory by indicating how it can handle notorious paradoxes like the Liar, as well as by analyzing some English truth-usages. The introduction to the volume surveys traditional theories of truth, including correspondence, pragmatic, and coherence theories. It discusses the essays to come and, finally, considers the implications of the prosentential theory for other theories. Despite the fact that the prosentential theory dismisses the "nature of truth" as a red herring, Grover shows that there are important aspects of traditional truth theories that prosentential theorists have the option of endorsing. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

An Identity Theory of Truth

Author : J. Dodd
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349628700
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book An Identity Theory of Truth written by J. Dodd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence. According to Julian Dodd, facts are not complexes of worldly entities; they are, as Frege believed, true thoughts. The supposed truthmaker is nothing but the truthbearer. The author christens this response to correspondence theories the modest identity theory, which he goes on to distinguish from those identity theories propounded, at some time or other, by Russell, Moore, Bradley, John McDowell and Jennifer Hornsby. It is acknowledged that the modest identity theory provides neither a definition of truth nor an account of what truth consists in. The modest identity theory's role is, by contrast, that of diagnosing the failure of correspondence theories, and thereby preparing the ground for a proper deflation of the concept of truth: a deflation defended in the latter part of the book.

Truth, Meaning, Experience

Author : Anil Gupta
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195136039
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Truth, Meaning, Experience written by Anil Gupta and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reprints eight of Anil Gupta's essays, some with additional material. The essays bring a refreshing new perspective to central problems of philosophy. Gupta argues that logical interdependence is legitimate, and that it provides a key to understanding a variety of topics--including truth, rationality, and experience.

Truth and Objectivity

Author : Crispin Wright
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674045386
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Objectivity written by Crispin Wright and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crispin Wright offers an original perspective on the place of “realism” in philosophical inquiry. He proposes a radically new framework for discussing the claims of the realists and the anti-realists. This framework rejects the classical “deflationary” conception of truth yet allows both disputants to respect the intuition that judgments, whose status they contest, are at least semantically fitted for truth and may often justifiably be regarded as true. In the course of his argument, Wright offers original critical discussions of many central concerns of philosophers interested in realism, including the “deflationary” conception of truth, internal realist truth, scientific realism and the theoreticity of observation, and the role of moral states of affairs in explanations of moral beliefs.

Truth

Author : Pascal Engel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131748956X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Truth written by Pascal Engel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this critical introduction to contemporary philosophical issues in the theory of truth Pascal Engel provides clear and authoritative exposition of recent and current ideas while providing original perspectives that advances discussion of the key issues. This book begins with a presentation of the classical conceptions of truth - the correspondence theory, the coherence theory and verificationist and pragmatist accounts - before examining so-called minimalist and deflationist conceptions that deny truth can be anything more than a thin concept holding no metaphysical weight. The debates between those who favour substantive conceptions of the classical kind and those who advocate minimalist and deflationist conceptions are explored. Engel argues that, although the minimalist conception of truth is basically right, it does not follow that truth can be eliminated from our philosophical thinking as some upholders of radical deflationist views have claimed. Questions about truth and realism are examined and the author shows how the realism/anti-realism debate remains a genuine, meaningful issue for a theory of truth and has not been undermined by deflationist views. Even if a metaphysical substantive theory of truth has little chance to succeed, Engel concludes, truth can keep a central role within our thinking, as a norm or guiding value of our rational inquiries and practices, in the philosophy of knowledge and in ethics.

The Nature of Truth, second edition

Author : Michael P. Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542064
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Truth, second edition written by Michael P. Lynch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters. The question "What is truth?" is so philosophical that it can seem rhetorical. Yet truth matters, especially in a "post-truth" society in which lies are tolerated and facts are ignored. If we want to understand why truth matters, we first need to understand what it is. The Nature of Truth offers the definitive collection of classic and contemporary essays on analytic theories of truth. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating both historically central readings on truth's nature as well as up-to-the-moment contemporary essays. Seventeen new chapters reflect the current trajectory of research on truth.