A Realist Conception of Truth /

A Realist Conception of Truth / / William P. Alston.

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 hold...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Alston, William P.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1997
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. Alethic Realism
  • CHAPTER 2. Alethic Realism and Metaphysical Realism
  • CHAPTER 3. An Epistemological Objection to Alethic Realism
  • CHAPTER 4. Dummett's Verificationist Alternative to Alethic Realism
  • CHAPTER 5. Putnam's Model-Theoretic Argument
  • CHAPTER 6. Putnam on "Conceptual Relativity"
  • CHAPTER 7. Epistemic Conceptions of Truth
  • CHAPTER 8. Doing without Truth
  • Epilogue
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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