What is truth? / edited by Richard Schantz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schantz, Richard.

Series:

Current issues in theoretical philosophy ; 1.

Current Issues in Theoretical Philosophy ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theory (Philosophy).

Truth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of original papers, leading international authorities turn their attention to one of the most important questions in theoretical philosophy: what is truth? To arrive at an answer, two further questions need to be addressed in this context: 1) Does truth possess any essence, any inner nature? and 2) If so, what does this nature consist of? The present discussion focuses on the antagonism between substantial or robust theories of truth, with correspondence theory taking the lead, and deflationist or minimalist views, which have been commanding an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Whereas substantial theories proceed from the premise that truth has an essence, and that therefore the objective is to discover this essence, the challenge presented by deflationism is to dispense with this very premise.

International führende Autoren wenden sich in Originalbeiträgen einer der wichtigsten Fragen der theoretischen Philosophie zu: Was ist Wahrheit? In diesem Zusammenhang sind zwei andere Fragen von grundlegender Bedeutung: (1) Hat Wahrheit überhaupt ein Wesen, eine innere Natur? (2) Wenn ja, worin besteht diese Natur? Im Mittelpunkt der gegenwärtigen Debatte steht der Antagonismus zwischen substantiellen oder robusten Wahrheitstheorien, allen voran der Korrespondenztheorie, und deflationistischen oder minimalistischen Auffassungen, die in den letzten Jahren immer stärkere Beachtung gefunden haben. Während substantielle Theorien von der Voraussetzung ausgehen, Wahrheit habe eine Natur, und folgerichtig sei das Ziel zu verfolgen, diese Natur zu entdecken, besteht die Herausforderung des Deflationismus just darin, diese Voraussetzung über Bord zu werfen.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

I The Correspondence Theory

Truth : Concept and Property / ALSTON, WILLIAM P.

Truths and Truthmakers / ARMSTRONG, DAVID. M .

Truth Through Thick and Thin / BOYD, RICHARD

The Metaphysics of Deflationary Truth / DEVITT, MICHAEL

Truth, Meaning, and Reference / SCHANTZ, RICHARD

II Deflationism Defended

Explanatory vs. Expressive Deflationism About Truth / BRANDOM, ROBERT B.

On Locating Our Interest in Truth / GROVER, DOROTHY

Norms of Truth and Meaning / HORWICH, PAUL

On Some Critics of Deflationism / WILLIAMS, MICHAEL

III Deflationism Attacked

Minimalism and the Facts About Truth / David, Marian

Disquotationalist Conceptions of Truth / KÜNNE, WOLFGANG

The Truth about Truth / MCGINN, COLIN

Generalizations of Homophonic Truth-sentences / INWAGEN, PETER VAN

IV Tarski Challenged

An Argument Against Tarski's Convention Τ / GUPTA, ANIL

What is Truth? Stay for an Answer / HINTIKKA, JAAKKO

V Alternative Approaches

The Two Faces of the Concept of Truth / DUMMETT, MICHAEL

Truth: A Prolegomenon to a General Theory / PUNTEL, LORENZ Β.

How Not to Misunderstand Peirce - A Pragmatist Account of Truth / ROSENBERG, JAY F.

A Problem about Truth / WALKER, RALPH C. S.

An Indefinibilist cum Normative View of Truth and the Marks of Truth / WIGGINS, DAVID

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110886665

3110886669

OCLC:

922945080