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What is truth? Is there anything that all truths have in common that makes them true rather than false? Is truth independent of human thought, or does it depend in some way on what we believe or what we would be justified in believing? This title surveys various theories of the nature of truth and evaluates their philosophical costs and benefits.
List of contents
1. What is Truth?
2. Objectivity
3. Truth and Normativity
4. Epistemic Theories of Truth
5. Correspondence Theories of Truth
6. Deflationary Theories of Truth
7. Pluralist Theories of Truth
8. Deflationism Revisited
About the author
Chase Wrenn has been in the faculty of the University of Alabama Department of Philosophy since 2001. His research focuses on the nature and value of truth, as well as related issues in epistemology and the philosophy of mind.
Summary
What is truth? Is there anything that all truths have in common that makes them true rather than false? Is truth independent of human thought, or does it depend in some way on what we believe or what we would be justified in believing? The author surveys various theories of the nature of truth and evaluates their philosophical costs and benefits.
Report
"Chase Wrenn?s Truth is in my view the best introduction to date to the philosophy of truth. All the familiar issues and concepts are here, together with more recent topics- such as the value of truth, truth pluralism, and debates about deflationism, presented in insightful ways, combining clarity with argumentative rigour. Newcomers and specialists alike will benefit a lot from it."
Pascal Engel, University of Geneva
"This is a splendid book. It is clear, it is comprehensive, and Wrenn's pedagogy is outstanding. It is an 'opinionated introduction,' in Armstrong's phrase, as Wrenn defends a deflationist view of truth, but is all the better for that, and the position is well supported by argument. And Wrenn's chapter on the value of truth is the best discussion I have seen on that topic."
William Lycan, University of North Carolina
