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Zusatztext In the present author's opinion the book contains a variety of thought provoking essays. It is essential reading for any philosopher working on the nature of truth. The book in its entirety, or selections from the book, could be effectively integrated into advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Informationen zum Autor Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Underwood International College, Yonsei University. Cory D. Wright is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach. Klappentext The editors and contributors to this volume challenge the very basic assumption that truth has a uniform nature ranging across the boundaries of human knowledge by putting forth the idea of alethic pluralism -- that there is more than one way of being true. This volume presents new essays by some of the world's leading philosophers to explore this new view and its implications for the philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic. Zusammenfassung This volume presents new essays by some of the world's leading philosophers, who explore alethic pluralism and its implications for related issues in philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen and Cory D. Wright Part I: Varieties of Pluralism 2 Three Questions for Truth Pluralism Michael Lynch 3 Lynch's Functionalist Theory of Truth Marian David 4 Alethic Functionalism and the Norm of Belief Pascal Engel 5 Pluralism about Truth as Alethic Disjunctivism Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen and Cory D. Wright 6 Truth, Winning and Simple Determination Pluralism Douglas E. Edwards 7 A Plurality of Pluralisms Crispin Wright Part II: Pluralism, Correspondence and Descriptions 8 Forms of Correspondence: The Intricate Route from Thought to Reality Gila Sher 9 The Synthetic Unity of Truth Robert Barnard and Terence Horgan 10 Alethic Pluralism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth Richard Fumerton 11 Naturalizing Pluralism about Truth Wolfram Hinzen 12 On Describing the World Dorothy Grover Part III: Pluralism, Deflationism and Paradox 13 Deflationism, Pluralism, Expressivism, Pragmatism Simon Blackburn 14 Should We Be Pluralists about Truth? Max Kölbel 15 Deflationism Trumps Pluralism! Julian Dodd 16 Deflated Truth Pluralism J. C. Beall 17 Pluralism and Paradox Aaron Cotnoir ...
