Truth as one and many / Michael P. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 205 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories hold that all truths are true in the same way. More recent theories claim that the concept of truth is of no real importance. Lynch argues against both these extremes: truth is a functional property whose function can be performed in more than one way.

Contents:

1. Truisms

2. Truth as One

3. Truth as Many

4. Truth as One and Many

5. Truth, Consequence, and the Universality of Reason

6. Deflationism and Explanation

7. Expanding the View: Semantic Functionalism

8. Applying the View: Moral Truth.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-959630-1

1-282-07612-4

9786612076121

0-19-156734-5

OCLC:

922954347