Wittgenstein's account of truth / Sara Ellenbogen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellenbogen, Sara.

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the complex nature of truth in Wittgenstein's philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Wittgenstein's Account of Truth

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: From "Meaning is Use" to the Rejection of Transcendent Truth

1. Wittgenstein's Rejection of Realism versus Semantic Antirealism

2. The Positive Account of Truth

3. Antirealism Revisited

PART II: From "Meaning is Use" to Semantic Antirealism

4. The Acquisition Argument and the Manifestation Criterion

5. Antirealism Presupposes Realism

6. Tensions between Wittgenstein and Dummett

7. Semantic Antirealism Is Inconsistent

PART III: Why a Revisionist Account of Truth?

8. Criteria and Justification Conditions

9. Criteria and Realist Truth Conditions

10. Why Criteria Are Not Defeasible

11. Criterial Change, Conceptual Change, and Their Implications for the Concept of Truth

12. Why a Revisionist Account of Truth?

Notes

Part II. From "Meaning is Use" to Semantic Antirealism

Part III. Why a Revisionist Account of Truth?

Bibliography

Index

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W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-144) and index.

ISBN:

9780791487365

0791487369

9781417519330

1417519339

OCLC:

61367631