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" Basic Questions on Truth "
by Paul Weingartner.
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BL
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775872
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b595868
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by Paul Weingartner.
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Basic Questions on Truth\ by Paul Weingartner.
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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000
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Episteme, A Series in the Foundational, Methodological, Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological, and Political Aspects of the Sciences, Pure and Applied, 24.
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(x, 230 pages)
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9401140340
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: 9789401140348
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One Is it appropriate to ask 'What is truth'? --; Two Is it appropriate to ask for the meaning or for the definition of the expression 'truth', 'the true' or 'true'? --; Three Is the expression true superfluous and/or not a predicate? --; Four Can the rules of a deductive system be called true or false? --; Five Are definitions true or false? --; Six Judgements, propositions, sentences --; Seven Is a sentence true iff it corresponds to reality --; Eight Are there negative facts or properties? --; Nine Can a false theory be nearer to the truth than another false theory? --; Ten Ens et verum convertuntur? --; References --; Name index.
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There are basic questions concerning truth that have been perennial throughout the history of philosophy from the Ancient Greeks onwards: Is `true' a superfluous particle? Is `true' a predicate? What is the relation of truth to the validity of inference rules? Are definitions true or false? What are the bearers of truth - sentences, judgements, or propositions? Can truth be interpreted by correspondence to facts, despite difficulties with the Liar and with a definition of `fact'? Can we have a consistent and adequate understanding of approximate truth (verisimilitude)? And the metaphysical question: does truth have some relation to being? All these questions are treated in a rigorous argumentation style: (1) Question, (2) objections to a positive answer, (3) answer and thesis, (4) comments and reply to the objections. This transparent, systematic style facilitates our understanding, touches on a variety of aspects of the question, and teaches us to think.
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Genetic epistemology.
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Logic.
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Philosophy (General)
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BC171.B973 2000
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Paul Weingartner
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