Truth and Truth-making - Brossura

Lowe, E. J.; Rami, A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1844651452 ISBN 13: 9781844651450

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008

Riassunto

Truth depends in some sense on reality. But it is a rather delicate matter to spell this intuition out in a plausible and precise way. According to the theory of truth-making this intuition implies that either every truth or at least every truth of a certain class of truths has a so-called truth-maker, an entity whose existence accounts for truth. This book aims to provide several ways of assessing the correctness of this controversial claim. The book presents a detailed introduction to the theory of truth-making, which outlines truth-maker relations, the ontological category of truth-making entities, and the scope of a truth-maker theory. The essays brought together here represent the most important articles on truth-making in the last three decades as well as new essays by leading researchers in the field of the theory of truth and of truth-making.

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Recensione:

"The theory of truth-making has become in a few years one of the most exciting and difficult topics within theoretical philosophy. This collection is very welcome and will be of great help to newcomers and to afficionados alike." --Pascal Engel, University of Geneva

"A useful source. It includes a number of key papers in the truth-maker literature and offers up-to-date views on the existing debates. The volume will provide working philosophers with a handy source of 'classic' papers, as well as some new and innovative ideas and arguments. The range of papers included ought to provide a useful collection for an upper level undergraduate class or graduate class. Anyone who has an interest in the truth-maker debate will most likely find something here that makes it worth owning the book." --Metapsychology

"A useful source. It includes a number of key papers in the truth-maker literature and offers up-to-date views on the existing debates. The volume will provide working philosophers with a handy source of 'classic' papers, as well as some new and innovative ideas and arguments. The range of papers included ought to provide a useful collection for an upper level undergraduate class or graduate class. Anyone who has an interest in the truth-maker debate will most likely find something here that makes it worth owning the book." --Metapsychology

L'autore:

E. J. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy at University of Durham. A. Rami is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Gottingen.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1844651452
• ISBN 13: 9781844651450
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288