Truth And Realism

Author : Patrick Greenough,Michael Patrick Lynch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199288887

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Truth and Realism by Patrick Greenough,Michael Patrick Lynch Pdf

Is truth objective or relative? What exists independently of our minds? This book is about these two questions. The essays in its pages variously defend and critique answers to each, grapple over the proper methodology for addressing them, and wonder whether either question is worth pursuing. In so doing, they carry on a long and esteemed tradition - for our two questions are among the oldest of philosophical issues, and have vexed almost every major philosopher, from Plato, to Kant to Wittgenstein. Fifteen eminent contributors bring fresh perspectives, renewed energy and original answers to debates which have been the focus of a tremendous amount of interest in the last three decades both within philosophy and the culture at large.

Author : Richard A. Fumerton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0742512835

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Realism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth by Richard A. Fumerton Pdf

Defending a realism about truth, Fumerton (philosophy, U. of Iowa) argues that the most plausible version of realism is the correspondence theory of truth, and that only by including in one's ontology the critical relation of correspondence between truth bearers and truth makers can one avoid an implausible metaphysics of possibilia in a realist analysis of falsehood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : William P. Alston
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501720550

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A Realist Conception of Truth by William P. Alston Pdf

One of the most important Anglo-American philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth. William P. Alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth, which he calls alethic realism (from "aletheia," Greek for truth). This idea holds that the truth value of a statement (belief or proposition) depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam are two of the prominent and widely influential contemporary philosophers whose anti-realist ideas Alston attacks.

Author : Michael Devitt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691011877

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Realism and Truth by Michael Devitt Pdf

In a provocative thesis, philosophy professor Michael Devitt argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world and for a corresponding notion of truthcontrary to the opinions of anti-realists such as Putnam, Dummett, van Fraassen, and others. This second edition includes a new Afterword by the author.

Author : Zsolt Novák,András Simonyi
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789639776920

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Truth, Reference and Realism by Zsolt Novák,András Simonyi Pdf

The volume presents the material of the first Oxford-Budapest Conference on Truth, Reference and Realism held at CEU in 2005. The problem addressed by the conference, famously formulated by Paul Benacerraf in a paper on Mathematical Truth, was how to understand truth in the semantics of discourses about abstract domains whose objects and properties cannot be observed by sense perception. The papers of the volume focus on this semantic issue in four major fields: logic, mathematics, ethics and the metaphysics of properties in general. Beyond marking an important event, the collected papers are also substantial contributions to the above topic, from the most distinguished authors in these areas.

Author : Crispin Wright
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993-08-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631171185

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REALISM, MEANING AND TRUTH by Crispin Wright Pdf

Author : Stathis Psillos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134619825

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Scientific Realism by Stathis Psillos Pdf

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track. This book argues that the history of science does not undermine this notion, suggesting it as the best philosophical account of science.

Author : Paul M. Livingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Ontology
ISBN : 0810135191

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The Logic of Being by Paul M. Livingston Pdf

In the Logic of Being: Realism, Truth, and Time, the influential philosopher Paul M. Livingston explores and illuminates truth, time, and their relationship by employing methods from both Continental and analytic philosophy.

Author : Crispin Wright
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674045385

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Truth and Objectivity by Crispin Wright Pdf

Crispin Wright offers an original perspective on the place of “realism” in philosophical inquiry. He proposes a radically new framework for discussing the claims of the realists and the anti-realists. This framework rejects the classical “deflationary” conception of truth yet allows both disputants to respect the intuition that judgments, whose status they contest, are at least semantically fitted for truth and may often justifiably be regarded as true. In the course of his argument, Wright offers original critical discussions of many central concerns of philosophers interested in realism, including the “deflationary” conception of truth, internal realist truth, scientific realism and the theoreticity of observation, and the role of moral states of affairs in explanations of moral beliefs.

Author : A.C. Grayling
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000116365705

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Truth, Meaning and Realism by A.C. Grayling Pdf

A.C. Grayling focuses on a series of central philosophical concerns in this excellent collection of essays, with each one contributing to the contemporary debates on these matters.

Author : K. Brad Wray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108415217

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Resisting Scientific Realism by K. Brad Wray Pdf

Provides a spirited defence of anti-realism in philosophy of science. Shows the historical evidence and logical challenges facing scientific realism.

Author : Andrew Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136196096

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Christianity and Critical Realism by Andrew Wright Pdf

One of the key achievements of critical realism has been to expose the modernist myth of universal reason, which holds that authentic knowledge claims must be objectively ‘pure’, uncontaminated by the subjectivity of local place, specific time and particular culture. Wright aims to address the lack of any substantial and sustained engagement between critical realism and theological critical realism with particular regard to: (a) the distinctive ontological claims of Christianity; (b) their epistemic warrant and intellectual legitimacy; and (c) scrutiny of the primary source of the ontological claims of Christianity, namely the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, it functions as a prolegomena to a much needed wider debate, guided by the under-labouring services of critical realism, between Christianity and various other religious and secular worldviews. This important new text will help stimulate a debate that has yet to get out of first gear. This book will appeal to academics, graduate and post-graduate students especially, but also Christian clergy, ministers and informed laity, and members of the general public concerned with the nature of religion and its place in contemporary society.

Author : Juha Saatsi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351362900

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The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism by Juha Saatsi Pdf

Scientific realism is a central, long-standing, and hotly debated topic in philosophy of science. Debates about scientific realism concern the very nature and extent of scientific knowledge and progress. Scientific realists defend a positive epistemic attitude towards our best theories and models regarding how they represent the world that is unobservable to our naked senses. Various realist theses are under sceptical fire from scientific antirealists, e.g. empiricists and instrumentalists. The different dimensions of the ensuing debate centrally connect to numerous other topics in philosophy of science and beyond. The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism is an outstanding reference source – the first collection of its kind – to the key issues, positions, and arguments in this important topic. Its thirty-four chapters, written by a team of international experts, are divided into five parts: Historical development of the realist stance Classic debate: core issues and positions Perspectives on contemporary debates The realism debate in disciplinary context Broader reflections In these sections, the core issues and debates presented, analysed, and set into broader historical and disciplinary contexts. The central issues covered include motivations and arguments for realism; challenges to realism from underdetermination and history of science; different variants of realism; the connection of realism to relativism and perspectivism; and the relationship between realism, metaphysics, and epistemology. The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science. It will also be very useful for anyone interested in the nature and extent of scientific knowledge.

Author : Neil Tennant,Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Cognitive Science Neil Tennant
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019824925X

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Anti-realism and Logic by Neil Tennant,Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Cognitive Science Neil Tennant Pdf

Anti-realism is a doctrine about logic, language, and meaning with roots in the work of Wittgenstein and Frege. In this book, the author clarifies Dummett's case for anti-realism and develops his arguments further. He concludes by advocating a radical reform of our logical practices.

Author : Barry Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199286690

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Models, Truth, and Realism by Barry Taylor Pdf

Barry Taylor's book mounts an argument against one of the fundamental tenets of much contemporary philosophy, the idea that we can make sense of reality as existing objectively, independently of our capacities to come to know it.Part One sets the scene by arguings that traditional realism can be explicated as a doctrine about truth - that truth is objective, that is, public, bivalent, and epistemically independent. Part Two, the centrepiece of the book, shows how a form of Hilary Putnam's model-theoretic argument demonstrates that no such notion of truth can be founded on the idea of correspondence, as explained in model-theoretic terms (more traditional accounts of correspondence having been already disposed of inPart One). Part Three argues that non-correspondence accounts of truth - truth as superassertibility or idealized rational acceptability, formal conceptions of truth, Tarskian truth - also fail to meet the criteria for objectivity; along the way, it also dismisses the claims of the latterday views ofPutnam, and of similar views articulated by John McDowell, to constitute a new, less traditional form of realism. In the Coda, Taylor bolsters some of the considerations advanced in Part Three in evaluating formal conceptions of truth, by assessing and rejecting the claims of Robert Brandom to have combined such an account of truth with a satisfactory account of semantic structure. He concludes that there is no defensible notion of truth which preserves the theses of traditional realism, norany extant position sufficiently true to the ideals of that doctrine to inherit its title. So the only question remaining is which form of antirealism to adopt.