Truth and Pluralism (eBook, PDF)

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Redaktion: Pedersen, Nikolaj J. L. L.; Wright, Cory D.

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Produktbeschreibung

The relative merits and demerits of historically prominent views about truth, such as the correspondence theory, coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism, and instrumentalism have been subject to much attention, and have fueled the long-lived debate over which of these views is the most plausible. While diverging in their specific philosophical commitments, adherents of these views are in agreement in at least one fundamental respect: they are all alethic monists. They endorse the thesis that there is only one property in virtue of which propositions can be true, and so, in this sense, take truth to be one. The truth pluralist, on the other hand, rejects this idea: there are several properties in virtue of which propositions can be true. The literature on truth pluralism has been growing steadily for the past twenty years. This volume, however, is the first to focus specifically on pluralism about truth. Part I is dedicated to the development, investigation, and critical discussion of different forms of pluralism. One additional reason to examine truth pluralism is the significant connections it bears to other debates in the truth literature--particularly debates concerning traditional theories of truth and the deflationism/inflationism divide. Parts II and III of the volume connect truth pluralism to these two debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199970728
• Artikelnr.: 38755920

Autorenporträt

Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Underwood International College, Yonsei University. Cory D. Wright is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen and Cory D. Wright
Part I: Varieties of Pluralism
2 Three Questions for Truth Pluralism
Michael Lynch
3 Lynch's Functionalist Theory of Truth
Marian David
4 Alethic Functionalism and the Norm of Belief
Pascal Engel
5 Pluralism about Truth as Alethic Disjunctivism
Nikolaj J. L. L. Pedersen and Cory D. Wright
6 Truth, Winning and Simple Determination Pluralism
Douglas E. Edwards
7 A Plurality of Pluralisms
Crispin Wright
Part II: Pluralism, Correspondence and Descriptions
8 Forms of Correspondence: The Intricate Route from Thought to Reality
Gila Sher
9 The Synthetic Unity of Truth
Robert Barnard and Terence Horgan
10 Alethic Pluralism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth
Richard Fumerton
11 Naturalizing Pluralism about Truth
Wolfram Hinzen
12 On Describing the World
Dorothy Grover
Part III: Pluralism, Deflationism and Paradox
13 Deflationism, Pluralism, Expressivism, Pragmatism
Simon Blackburn
14 Should We Be Pluralists about Truth?
Max Kölbel
15 Deflationism Trumps Pluralism!
Julian Dodd
16 Deflated Truth Pluralism
J. C. Beall
17 Pluralism and Paradox
Aaron Cotnoir