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On Truth.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190867225
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 121
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Contents:
Cover -- Also by simon blackburn -- On Truth -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Classic Approaches -- 1 Correspondence -- 2 Coherence -- 3 Pragmatism -- 4 Deflationism -- 5 Tarski and the Semantic Theory of Truth -- 6 Summary of Part I -- Part II Varieties of Enquiry -- 7 Truths of Taste -- Truth in Art -- 8 Truth in Ethics -- 9 Reason -- 10 Religion and Truth -- 11 Interpretations -- Notes -- Furthere Investigations -- Index.
Summary: This concise book by the eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn provides an accessible explanation of what truth is and how we might think about it. Blackburn's overall message is that truth is often best thought of not as a product or an end point that is 'finally' achieved, but as an ongoing process of inquiry.
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Cover -- Also by simon blackburn -- On Truth -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Classic Approaches -- 1 Correspondence -- 2 Coherence -- 3 Pragmatism -- 4 Deflationism -- 5 Tarski and the Semantic Theory of Truth -- 6 Summary of Part I -- Part II Varieties of Enquiry -- 7 Truths of Taste -- Truth in Art -- 8 Truth in Ethics -- 9 Reason -- 10 Religion and Truth -- 11 Interpretations -- Notes -- Furthere Investigations -- Index.

This concise book by the eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn provides an accessible explanation of what truth is and how we might think about it. Blackburn's overall message is that truth is often best thought of not as a product or an end point that is 'finally' achieved, but as an ongoing process of inquiry.

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