Realism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth

This book is a defense of realism about truth. The author argues that the most plausible version of realism is a correspondence theory of Truth that takes thought as the primary bearer of truth value. Furthermore, after distinguishing realism about Truth from various sorts of metaphysical realisms, the author suggests that one can embrace much of anti-realist rhetoric from within the framework of a variety of plausible claims about the way in which minds do and must represent the world.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Distinctions
Chapter 2 Versions of Alethic Realism
Chapter 3 Objections to Realism
Chapter 4 The Self-Refutation of Anti-Realisms
Chapter 5 The Incoherence of Coherence Theories of Truth
Chapter 6 Anti-Realist Insight: Mind-Structured Reality and the Egocentric Perspective

Info autore

Richard Fumerton is F. Wendell Miller Professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Fumerton, Fumerton Richard
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.04.2002
• EAN: 9780742512832
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1283-2
• Pagine: 166
• Dimensioni: 166 mm x 238 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 381 g
• Serie: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge