When Truth Gives Out

Zusatztext I found Richard's book hugely stimulating. Readers will benefit from thinking hard about his various ideas Informationen zum Autor Mark Richard is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Tufts University. He is the author of Propositional Attitudes (CUP) and the editor of Meaning (Blackwell). Meaning in Context, a collection of his papers, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. Klappentext In this accessible and provocative book Mark Richard argues that the performative and expressive can trump the semantic, making truth the wrong dimension for evaluating a sentence. He explains what it is for truth to be relative, rebuts objections to relativism, assesses objections to expressivism, and gives a novel account of matters of taste. Zusammenfassung In this accessible and provocative book Mark Richard argues that the performative and expressive can trump the semantic, making truth the wrong dimension for evaluating a sentence. He explains what it is for truth to be relative, rebuts objections to relativism, assesses objections to expressivism, and gives a novel account of matters of taste. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Epithets and Attitudes. 2: When Truth Gives Out. 3: What the Emotivist Should Have Said. 4: What's the Matter with Relativism? 5: Matters of Taste. Appendix I. What Can Be Said? Appendix II. Relativism and Contextualism about Knowledge. Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard, Mark Richard, Richard Mark
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199239955
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923995-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Logik, Sprachphilosophie, Philosophy of Language, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge