Truth As One And Many
deMichael P. Lynch
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What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories of truth hold that truth has only a single uniform nature. All truths are true in the same way. More recent deflationary theories claim that truth has no nature at all; the concept of truth is of no
real philosophical importance.
In this concise and clearly written book, Lynch argues that we should reject both these extremes and hold that truth is a functional property. To understand truth we must understand what it does, its function in our cognitive economy. Once we understand that, we'll see that this function can be
performed in more than one way. And that in turn opens the door to an appealing pluralism: beliefs about the concrete physical world needn't be true in the same way as our thoughts about matters - like morality - where the human stain is deepest.
Titre :Truth As One And Many
Format :Couverture souple
Dimensions de l'article :216 pages, 8.5 X 5.43 X 0 po
Dimensions à l'expédition :216 pages, 8.5 X 5.43 X 0 po
Publié le :30 avril 2011
Publié par :Oxford University Press
Langue :anglais
Convient aux âges :Tous les âges
ISBN - 13 :9780199596300