عنوان

Basic Questions on Truth

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9401140340

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9789401140348

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b595868

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Basic Questions on Truth

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Paul Weingartner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2000

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(x, 230 pages)

Series Title

Episteme, A Series in the Foundational, Methodological, Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological, and Political Aspects of the Sciences, Pure and Applied, 24.

Text of Note

One Is it appropriate to ask 'What is truth'? --; Two Is it appropriate to ask for the meaning or for the definition of the expression 'truth', 'the true' or 'true'? --; Three Is the expression true superfluous and/or not a predicate? --; Four Can the rules of a deductive system be called true or false? --; Five Are definitions true or false? --; Six Judgements, propositions, sentences --; Seven Is a sentence true iff it corresponds to reality --; Eight Are there negative facts or properties? --; Nine Can a false theory be nearer to the truth than another false theory? --; Ten Ens et verum convertuntur? --; References --; Name index.

Text of Note

There are basic questions concerning truth that have been perennial throughout the history of philosophy from the Ancient Greeks onwards: Is `true' a superfluous particle? Is `true' a predicate? What is the relation of truth to the validity of inference rules? Are definitions true or false? What are the bearers of truth - sentences, judgements, or propositions? Can truth be interpreted by correspondence to facts, despite difficulties with the Liar and with a definition of `fact'? Can we have a consistent and adequate understanding of approximate truth (verisimilitude)? And the metaphysical question: does truth have some relation to being? All these questions are treated in a rigorous argumentation style: (1) Question, (2) objections to a positive answer, (3) answer and thesis, (4) comments and reply to the objections. This transparent, systematic style facilitates our understanding, touches on a variety of aspects of the question, and teaches us to think.

Genetic epistemology.

Logic.

Philosophy (General)

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by Paul Weingartner.

Paul Weingartner

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