Truth / edited by Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons.

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Series: Oxford readings in philosophyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: vi, 406 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0198752504 (hbk : alk. paper)
0198752512 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Truth

DDC classification:

111.83 BLA 21

LOC classification:

BC171 .T76 1999

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Contents:

Contents Introduction PART I: BACKGROUND `ROBUST' THEORIES 1. On Truth and Copying, F. H. Bradley 2. The Nature of Truth, H. H. Joachim 3. Pragmatism's Conception of Truth, William James 4. William James's Conception of Truth, Bertrand Russell PART II: EARLY MINIMALIST THEORIES 5. The Thought: A Logical Enquiry, Gottlob Frege 6. On Facts and Propositions, F. P. Ramsey 7. Philosophical Extracts, Ludwig Wittgenstein 8. The Semantic Conception of Truth, Alfred Tarski 9. Philosophy of Logic, W. V. Quine PART III: THE EARLY MODERN DEBATE 10. Truth, J. L. Austin 11. Truth, P. F. Strawson 12. Unfair to Facts, J. L. Austin PART IV: MODERN MINIMALISM AND DOUBTS ABOUT IT 13. Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed, Crispin Wright 14. The Minimalist Conception of Truth, Paul Horwich 15. Of What Kind of Thing is Truth a Property?, Michael Dummett 16. A Critique of Deflationism, Anil Gupta 17. The Folly of Trying to Define Truth, Donald Davidson 18. Pragmatism, Davidson, and Truth, Richard Rorty 19. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content, Hartry Field Notes on the Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-404) and index.

Contents
Introduction
PART I: BACKGROUND `ROBUST' THEORIES
1. On Truth and Copying, F. H. Bradley
2. The Nature of Truth, H. H. Joachim
3. Pragmatism's Conception of Truth, William James
4. William James's Conception of Truth, Bertrand Russell
PART II: EARLY MINIMALIST THEORIES
5. The Thought: A Logical Enquiry, Gottlob Frege
6. On Facts and Propositions, F. P. Ramsey
7. Philosophical Extracts, Ludwig Wittgenstein
8. The Semantic Conception of Truth, Alfred Tarski
9. Philosophy of Logic, W. V. Quine
PART III: THE EARLY MODERN DEBATE
10. Truth, J. L. Austin
11. Truth, P. F. Strawson
12. Unfair to Facts, J. L. Austin
PART IV: MODERN MINIMALISM AND DOUBTS ABOUT IT
13. Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed, Crispin Wright
14. The Minimalist Conception of Truth, Paul Horwich
15. Of What Kind of Thing is Truth a Property?, Michael Dummett
16. A Critique of Deflationism, Anil Gupta
17. The Folly of Trying to Define Truth, Donald Davidson
18. Pragmatism, Davidson, and Truth, Richard Rorty
19. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content, Hartry Field
Notes on the Contributors; Select Bibliography;
Index

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