Truth: a Contemporary Reader
Truth: a Contemporary Reader
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Author(s): Edwards, Douglas
ISBN No.: 9781474213295
Pages: 426
Year: 201909
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 322.00
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Introduction Editor's Introduction, Douglas Edwards 1. Correspondence Theories of Truth Introduction - Truth and Falsehood, Bertrand Russell (1912) - Truth-Making and Correspondence, Marian David (2001) - The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics, Alfred Tarski (1944) - Tarski's Theory of Truth, Hartry Field (1972/2001) - Truth and Language - World Connections, Dorothy Grover (1990) Further Reading Suggestions 2. Epistemic Theories of Truth: Coherentism, Pragmatism, Verificationism Introduction - The Coherence Theory, Ralph C. Walker (2001) - How to Make Our Ideas Clear, Charles S. Peirce (1878) - Pragmatism's Conception of Truth, William James (1907) - Truth, Michael Dummett (1959) - Pragmatism on Solidarity, Bullshit, and Other Deformities of Truth, Cheryl Misak (2008) Further Reading Suggestions 3. Deflationary Theories of Truth Introduction - A Defense of Minimalism, Paul Horwich (updated for this edition) (2001/2016) - Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content, Hartry Field (1994) - On Two Deflationary Truth Theories, Dorothy Grover (1990) Further Reading Suggestions 4. Primitivist Theories of Truth Introduction - The Folly of Trying to Define Truth, Donald Davidson (1996) - Truth as a Primitive, Trenton Merricks (2007) Further Reading Suggestions 5. Pluralist Theories of Truth Introduction - Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed, Crispin Wright (1999) - Three Questions about Truth, Michael P.


Lynch (2013) - Simplifying Alethic Pluralism, Douglas Edwards (2011) - In Search of a Substantive Theory of Truth, Gila Sher (2004) Further Reading Suggestions 6. The Value and Normativity of Truth Introduction - Minimalism and the Value of Truth, Michael P. Lynch (2004) - Truth as Convenient Friction, Huw Price (2003) - Intellectual Motivation and the Good of Truth, Linda Zagzebski (2003) Further Reading Suggestions 7. Truth and Other Epistemic Values Introduction - Pointless Truth, Jonathan Kvanvig (2008) - True Enough, Catherine Z. Elgin (2004) Further Reading Suggestions Glossary Index.


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