Conceptions of Truth - Rilegato

Künne, Wolfgang

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ISBN 10: 0199241317 ISBN 13: 9780199241316

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 2003

Riassunto

Truth is one of the most debated topics in philosophy; Wolfgang Künne presents a comprehensive critical examination of all major theories. Conceptions of Truth is organized around a flow-chart comprising sixteen key questions, ranging from 'Is truth a property?' to 'Is truth epistemically constrained?' Künne expounds and engages with the ideas of many thinkers, from Aristotle and the Stoics, to Continental analytic philosophers like Bolzano, Brentano, and Kotarbinski, to such leading figures in current debates as Dummett, Putnam, Wright, and Horwich. He explains many important distinctions (between varieties of correspondence, for example, between different conceptions of making true, between various kinds of eternalism and temporalism) which have so far been neglected in the literature. Künne argues that it is possible to give a satisfactory 'modest' account of truth without invoking problematic notions like correspondence, fact, or meaning. And he offers a novel argument to support the realist claim that truth outruns justifiability.
The clarity of exposition and the wealth of examples will make Conceptions of Truth an invaluable and stimulating guide for advanced students and scholars in metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of language.

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Recensione:

This book is a kaleidoscope of perspectives on consciousness. Thanks to the editors' even-handed choice of essays, it makes vivid some of the conflicting positions and approaches philosophers adopt. (Philosophical Quarterly, 2005)

'impressively erudite . . . Kuenne's development of his own account of truth, like his discussion of nihilism, is intertwined with a detailed survey and rich critique of competing historical and contemporary views. . . . He has something to offer on a wide range of issues . . .The book would be a nice choice of text for a graduate seminar or reading group . . . Overall, Kuenne's book constitutes a useful and substantial addition to the existing literature on truth' (Alexander Miller, Mind)

... it would be difficult to find a more comprehensive treatment of its subject. The book excels not only in this respect but also in clarity and thoroughness of exposition, and in the generosity, even chivalry, with which rejected views are treated - though they are dispatched no less decisively for that. It would be folly to claim, on behalf of any work on a major topic of philosophical contention, that it is a definitive treatment of its subject. But Conceptions of Truth seems to me to come as close to this merely regulative ideal as any work known to me. (P. F. Strawson, Times Literary Supplement)

... thorough, clear, and well-argued . . . In its scope and clarity the book should rightly become the standard text for an introductory graduate seminar on truth. Anyone new to the topic will do well to turn to it, and the expert will benefit both from Künne's setting of the issues and from his detailed contributions ... I recommend Conceptions of Truth most highly. (Douglas Patterson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

L'autore:

Wolfgang Künne is at University of Hamburg.

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199241317
• ISBN 13: 9780199241316
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 508