Truth as One and Many
What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories of truth hold that truth has only a single uniform nature. All truths are true in the same way. More recent deflationary theories claim that truth has no nature at all; the concept of truth is of no real philosophical importance. In this concise and clearly written book, Lynch argues that we should reject both these extremes and hold that truth is a functional property. To understand truth we must understand what it does, its function in our cognitive economy. Once we understand that, we'll see that this function can be performed in more than one way…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-921873-8
- EAN: 9780199218738
- Produktnummer: 22675790
- Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr (Uk)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.5 cm x B14.4 cm x D2.7 cm 407 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 407
Über den Autor
Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
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