Truth and the World - An Explanationist Theory

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Tallant is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Metaphysics: An Introduction (2nd Edition 2017), and, with Andrew Fisher, of How to get Philosophy Students Talking (Routledge, 2015). Klappentext Truth and the World is an important contribution to debates about truth and truthmaker theory as well as metametaphysics, in the metaphysics of time and the metaphysics of mathematics and is essential reading for students and scholars engaged in the study of these topics. Zusammenfassung Truth and the World is an important contribution to debates about truth and truthmaker theory as well as metametaphysics, in the metaphysics of time and the metaphysics of mathematics and is essential reading for students and scholars engaged in the study of these topics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. In the beginning, there was Truthmaker 2. Dubious by nature 3. Molnar & negative ontology 4. Modern, Negative Metaphysics 5. Priority 6. Aptness 7. From truth to explanation 8. Truth and metaphysics 9. Truth and negative existential propositions 10. Applications. Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: TALLANT, Jonathan Tallant, Jonathan (University of Nottingham Tallant, Tallant Jonathan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138309777
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30977-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology