{"product_id":"worlds-of-truth-9781405191708","title":"Worlds of Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorlds of Truth: A Philosophy of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e explicates and builds upon a half century of philosophical work by the noted philosopher Israel Scheffler.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003ePropounds a new doctrine of \u003ci\u003eplurealism\u003c\/i\u003e which maintains the existence of multiple real worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a defense of absolute truth, which denies certainty and eschews absolutism, and defends systematic relativity, objectivity, and fallibilism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes a wide range of pragmatic interests: epistemology and scientific development, cognition and emotion, science and ethics, ritual and culture, and art and science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book will be of interest to philosophers working on pragmatism, pluralism, relativism, and justification\". (International Studies In The Philosophy Of Science, 1 December 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"This volume will be useful for specialists in pragmatism, but perhaps not sufficiently original for all collections.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Inquiry 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Justification 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Beliefs 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Access to truth 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Cogito ergo sum 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Mathematical certainty 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Classical logic 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. C. I. Lewis’ empiricism 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Access as a metaphor 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. J. F. Fries and K. Popper 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Voluntarism and linearity 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. One-way justification 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Beginning in the middle 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Justification, contextual and comparative 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Justification in the empirical sciences 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Circularity versus linearity 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Democratic controls 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Interactionism 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Truth 30\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Allergy to absolute truth 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Provisionality and truth 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Truth versus verification 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Truth and fixity 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Transparency, Tarski, and Carnap 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Truth and certainty 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Sentences as truth candidates 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Theoretical terms 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Varieties of instrumentalism 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Pragmatism and instrumentalism 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Systems, simplicity, reduction 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Crises in science 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Reduction and expansion 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Worlds 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Philosophies of truth 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Operationism and truth 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Version-dependence 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Differences among scientifically oriented philosophers 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Monism, pluralism, plurealism 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Realism versus irrealism 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. A theory of everything 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The status of ethics 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Emotive theories; Ayer and Stevenson 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Moore’s ethical intuitionism 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Dewey and ethical naturalism 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Symbol, reference, and ritual 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Related Pragmatic Themes 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Belief and Method 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Problems of pragmatism and pragmatic responses 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Peirce’s theory of belief, doubt, and inquiry 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Peirce’s comparison of methods 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Difficulties in Peirce’s treatment 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. An epistemological interpretation 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The primacy of method 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Action and Commitment 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Emotion and Cognition 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Emotions in the service of cognition 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Cognitive emotions 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 143\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407924240727,"sku":"9781405191708","price":25.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/worlds-of-truth-9781405191708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}