Truth and predication / Donald Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Predicate (Logic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Truth & predication

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anchored in classical philosophy, this book nonetheless makes telling use of the work of a great number of modern philosophers from Tarski and Dewey to Quine and Rorty. Representing the very best of Western thought, it reopens the most difficult and pressing of ancient philosophical problems, and reveals them to be very much of our day.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. Theories of Truth

2. What More Is There to Truth?

3. The Content of the Concept of Truth

4. The Problem of Predication

5. Failed Attempts

6. Truth and Predication

7. A Solution

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-03022-2

OCLC:

442778432