Understanding truth / Scott Soames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soames, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author of this text explores the notion of truth and its role in our ordinary thought, as well as in logical philosophical and scientific theories.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Foundational Issues""; ""ONE: Truth Bearers""; ""TWO: Forms of Truth Skepticism""; ""Part II: Two Theories of Truth""; ""THREE: Tarski's Definition of Truth""; ""FOUR: The Significance of Tarski's Theory of Truth""; ""FIVE: Lessons of the Liar""; ""SIX: Truth, Paradox, and Partially Defined Predicates""; ""Part III: Extensions""; ""SEVEN: Vagueness, Partiality, and the Sorites Paradox""; ""EIGHT: What Is Truth?: The Deflationary Perspective""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""

""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-987211-2

9786610453528

0-585-32455-7

1-280-45352-4

0-19-802716-8

1-4237-6015-8

OCLC:

922953000