Truth as One and Many

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Truth as One and Many

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.

Country	USA
Author	Michael P. Lynch
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
EAN	9780199596300
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0199596301
Label	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	216
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2011-05-08
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ReleaseDate	2011-04-22
Studio	Oxford University Press

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