Realism And Truth
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Realism And Truth
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Author : Michael Devitt
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1997-01-12
Realism And Truth written by Michael Devitt and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-12 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Realism And The Correspondence Theory Of Truth
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Author : Richard A. Fumerton
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
Realism And The Correspondence Theory Of Truth written by Richard A. Fumerton and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Education categories.
Defending a realism about truth, Fumerton (philosophy, U. of Iowa) argues that the most plausible version of realism is the correspondence theory of truth, and that only by including in one's ontology the critical relation of correspondence between truth bearers and truth makers can one avoid an implausible metaphysics of possibilia in a realist analysis of falsehood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Truth And Realism
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Author : Patrick Greenough
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006
Truth And Realism written by Patrick Greenough and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
Is truth objective or relative? What exists independently of our minds? This book is about these two questions. The essays in its pages variously defend and critique answers to each, grapple over the proper methodology for addressing them, and wonder whether either question is worth pursuing. In so doing, they carry on a long and esteemed tradition - for our two questions are among the oldest of philosophical issues, and have vexed almost every major philosopher, from Plato, to Kant to Wittgenstein. Fifteen eminent contributors bring fresh perspectives, renewed energy and original answers to debates which have been the focus of a tremendous amount of interest in the last three decades both within philosophy and the culture at large.
Realism And Truth
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Author : Michael Devitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Realism And Truth written by Michael Devitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Philosophy categories.
In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Michael Devitt argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world, and for a correspondence notion of truth. Furthermore, he argues that, contrary to received opinion, the metaphysical question of realism is distinct from, and prior to, any semantic question about truth. The book makes incisive responses to Putnam, Dummett, van Fraassen, and other major anti-realists. The new afterword includes an extensive discussion of the metaphysics of nonfactualism, and new thoughts on the need for truth and on the determination of reference.
Scientific Realism
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Author : Stathis Psillos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-02
Scientific Realism written by Stathis Psillos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-02 with Philosophy categories.
Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track. This book argues that the history of science does not undermine this notion, suggesting it as the best philosophical account of science.
Realism And The Correspondence Theory Of Truth
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Author : Richard Fumerton
language : en
Publisher:
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Realism And The Correspondence Theory Of Truth written by Richard Fumerton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
This book is a defense of realism about truth. The author argues that the most plausible version of realism is a correspondence theory of Truth that takes thought as the primary bearer of truth value. Furthermore, after distinguishing realism about Truth from various sorts of metaphysical realisms, the author suggests that one can embrace much of anti-realist rhetoric from within the framework of a variety of plausible claims about the way in which minds do and must represent the world.
A Realist Conception Of Truth
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Author : William P. Alston
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
A Realist Conception Of Truth written by William P. Alston and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Philosophy categories.
One of the most important Anglo-American philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth. William P. Alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth, which he calls alethic realism (from "aletheia," Greek for truth). This idea holds that the truth value of a statement (belief or proposition) depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam are two of the prominent and widely influential contemporary philosophers whose anti-realist ideas Alston attacks.
Realism Meaning And Truth
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Author : Crispin Wright
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1993-08-27
Realism Meaning And Truth written by Crispin Wright and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-27 with Philosophy categories.
Lies That Tell The Truth
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Author : Anne C. Hegerfeldt
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2005
Lies That Tell The Truth written by Anne C. Hegerfeldt and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
Magic realism has long been treated as a phenomenon restricted to postcolonial literature. Drawing on works from Britain, Lies that Tell the Truth compellingly shows how magic realist fiction can be produced also at what is usually considered to be the cultural centre without forfeiting the mode's postcolonial attitude and aims. A close analysis of works by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Robert Nye and others reveals how the techniques of magic realism generate a complex critique of the West's rational-empirical worldview from within a Western context itself. Understanding magic realism as a fictional analogue of anthropology and sociology, Lies that Tell the Truth reads the mode as a frequently humorous but at the same time critical investigation into people's attempts to make sense of their world. By laying bare the manifold strategies employed to make meaning, magic realist fiction indicates that knowledge and reality cannot be reduced to hard facts, but that people's dreams and fears, ideas, stories and beliefs must equally be taken into account.
Truth Reference And Realism
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Author : Zsolt Novák
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-10
Truth Reference And Realism written by Zsolt Novák and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-10 with Philosophy categories.
The volume presents the material of the first Oxford-Budapest Conference on Truth, Reference and Realism held at CEU in 2005. The problem addressed by the conference, famously formulated by Paul Benacerraf in a paper on Mathematical Truth, was how to understand truth in the semantics of discourses about abstract domains whose objects and properties cannot be observed by sense perception. The papers of the volume focus on this semantic issue in four major fields: logic, mathematics, ethics and the metaphysics of properties in general. Beyond marking an important event, the collected papers are also substantial contributions to the above topic, from the most distinguished authors in these areas.