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The nature of truth is one of the central philosophical problems of all time. Truth and Its Nature (IF Any) draws together contributions from outstanding analytic philosophers who approach the problem within the context established by the results of Alfred Tarski. The main focus of the majority of the contributions is on the recent debate between the 'deflationist' denigration of the truth predicate into a mere contentless grammatical device and 'inflationists', who insist, on the contrary, that truth is a crucially deep and substantial concept. The book is divided into four parts. The first is devoted to a reconsideration of some of the classical ideas about truth (especially those of Frege, James and Carnap). The second concentrates on Tarski and on ways to interpret his achievements from our current perspective. The third discusses Donald Davidson's 'inflationist' approach to truth and on reasons for seeing truth as substantial. The fourth concentrates on the 'deflationist' approach of Paul Horwich.

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Author:   J. Peregrin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   284
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.120kg
ISBN:  

9780792358657

ISBN 10:   0792358651
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   31 August 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Past Masters on Truth.- Frege: Assertion, Truth and Meaning.- Carnap, Syntax, and Truth.- James’s Conception of Truth.- II. Tarski and Correspondence.- Semantic Conception of Truth as a Philosophical Theory.- Truth, Correspondence, Satisfaction.- Do We Need Correspondence Truth?.- Tarskian Truth as Correspondence — Replies to Some Objections.- III. The Substantiality of Truth.- The Centrality of Truth.- Mapping the Structure of Truth: Davidson Contra Rorty.- The Explanatory Value of Truth Theoriesembodying the Semantic Conception.- Negative Truth and Knowledge.- IV. The Insubstantiality of Truth: The Pros and Cons of Deflationism.- Deflationary Truth, Aboutness and Meaning.- The Substance of Deflation.- Does the Strategy of Austerity Work?.- Rethinking the Concept of Truth: A Critique of Deflationism.

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