Dan Nesher

On Truth and the Representation of Reality

A Collection of Inquiries from a Pragmatist Point of View

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Produktbeschreibung

In On Truth and the Representation of Reality, Dan Nesher develops a new theory of truth in the framework of pragmatist theory of representation. Using the pragmatist theory of perception for the basis of his epistemological explanation of our confrontation with external Reality and how it's represented, Nesher shows that in our perceptual operations we quasi-prove the truth of our perceptual judgments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9780761824541
• ISBN-10: 0761824545
• Artikelnr.: 31207616

Autorenporträt

By Dan Nesher

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Spinoza's Theory of
Truth Chapter 4 Peircean Realism: Truth as Meaning of Cognitive Signs
Representing External Reality Chapter 5 Pragmatist Realism: The Third
Philosophical Perspective as the "Intermediate Point" between "Metaphysical
Realism" and "Internal Realism" Chapter 6 "Which Side Spinoza Would Have
Taken [between Einstein and Bohr] if He had Lived to See the [Scientific]
Development of Our Days" (Bohr, 1949:237): An Analysis of Human
Representation of Physical Reality Chapter 7 The Pragmatist Conception of
Truth with a "Bold" Solution to the Liar Paradox Chapter 8 In Spite of
Davidson's Arguments for "The Folly of Trying to Define Truth," Truth Can
be Defined Chapter 9 We Know What Our Propositions Represent When We Prove
Their Truth: Response to Gettier Chapter 10 Putnam on Truth: Can We Know
Reality with a Big "R" with Proved Truths with a Small "t?" Chapter 11
Pragmatic Theory of Truth: Are Frege's and Ramsey's Equation "p is true =
p" and Tarski's Equivalence "X is true if, and only if, p" True? Chapter 12
The Pragmatist Conceptions of "Fact," "True Proposition," "Truth
Conditions," and "True to the Facts:" Our Knowledge of External Reality
Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Index