Relativism and monadic truth / Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cappelen, Herman, author.

Hawthorne, John (John P.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity.

Truth.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 148 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Relativism has dominated many intellectual circles, past and present, but the twentieth century saw it banished to the fringes of mainstream analytic philosophy. Of late, however, it is making something of a comeback within that loosely configured tradition, a comeback that attempts to capitalize on some important ideas in foundational semantics. Relativism and Monadic Truth aims not merely to combat analytic relativism but also to combat the foundational ideas insemantics that led to its revival. Doing so requires a proper understanding of the significance of possible worlds semantics, an exa

Contents:

Overview : simplicity, possible worlds semantics, and relativism

Diagnostics for shared content : from 'say' to 'agree'

Operators, the anaphoric 'that', and temporally neutral propositions

Predicates of personal taste.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-143) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-959248-9

1-281-97890-6

9786611978907

0-19-156799-X

OCLC:

312149334