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Book SynopsisPhilosophers have long debated the nature of truth. The classic and contemporary articles in this collection represent the four most influential theories to emerge from their debates: correspondence, pragmatist, coherence and deflationary theories.
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Theories of Truth contains a judicious set of readings representing the core positions in the field together with a critical introduction that is comprehensive, balanced, and penetrating. This will be an enormously useful reader."
Alvin I. Goldman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
Truth: An Introduction: Frederick F. Schmitt.
Part I: Pragmatist Theories of Truth:.
1. How To Make Our Ideas Clear: Charles Sanders Peirce.
2. Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth: William James.
Part II: Coherence Theories of Truth:.
3. On the Nature of Truth: Bertrand Russell.
4. In Defense of the Coherence Theory of Truth: Francis Dauer.
Part III: Correspondence Theories of Truth:.
5. The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics: Alfred Tarski.
6. Tarski’s Theory of Truth: Hartry Field.
7. Truth and Language-World Connections: Dorothy Grover.
8. The Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth: Philip Kitcher.
Part IV: Deflationary Theories of Truth:.
9. A Prosentential Theory of Truth: Dorothy L. Grover, Joseph L. Camp, Jr. and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr.
10. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content: Hartry Field.
11. Minimalism: Anil Gupta.
Truth: A Bibliography: Kevin Kimble and Frederick F. Schmitt.
Index.
