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Truth: The Basics

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Categories
Education & Reference
Author Name
Jc Beall and Ben Middleton
Illustrated by
Original Language
United Kingdom
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Paperback
186 pages
Dimensions
ISBN / ISSN / Unique Identifier
9781032039879

Synopsis

Truth: The Basics  is a concise and engaging introduction to philosophical theories about the nature of truth. The two authors – leading philosophers in this field – build the book around a single question: what, if anything, is common to all truths, which makes them true? The book explores five important answers (‘theories’) to the given question: correspondence, semantic, verifiability, transparency, and plurality. For each given theory, the following questions are addressed: What is the theory’s answer to the central question? What is the basic motivation behind that answer? What is a precise argument for that answer? What are the biggest objections to t... + Read more