The correspondence theory of truth: an essay on the metaphysics of predication
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Main Author: Newman, Andrew J. 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Universals, Predication, and Truth; 2 The Univocity of Truth; 3 The Correspondence Theory or Predicative Sentences; 4 Russell s Theory of Truth and Its Principal Problems; 5 How Predicative Beliefs Correspond to the World; 6 The Metaphysics of Facts; 7 The Metaphysics of Propositions; 8 The Correspondence Theory and Complex Propositions; Bibliography; Index
This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. It will interest those who study the realistic conception of truth and issues related to the correspondence theory of truth
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 251 pages)
ISBN:051104223X
0511045158
0511157541
0521811392
9780511042232
9780511045158
9780511157547
9780521811392

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