Thomas Anker

Truth in Marketing (eBook, ePUB)

A theory of claim-evidence relations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book develops a theory of truth in marketing and discusses the implications for consumers, marketing professionals and policymakers. It demonstrates that claim-evidence relations in marketing are extremely complex, comprising factual, symbolic and context claims. Using a wide selection of engaging global examples and cases, this book sets out the issues - the problem of truth in marketing, a theory of truth in marketing, and the wider significance of marketing truth for society. This engaging book is a provocative read for all scholars and educators in marketing, marketing/business ethics and CSR.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317535058
• Artikelnr.: 44873973

Autorenporträt

Thomas Boysen Anker is lecturer at the University of Glasgow and holds a PhD in applied philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. His main research interest is business ethics. He is associate editor of European Management Journal and has published widely in international academic journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Specifying the Domain
1.1 The problem of truth in marketing
1.2 What is a theory of truth in marketing?
1.3 Constructs of meaning
1.4 Domain epistemology
1.5 Truth-values and truth measurement
1.6 Interpretation, truth and objectivity
1.7 Conclusion
2. The Classical Pragmatic Theory of Truth
2.1 The legacy of American pragmatism
2.2 The pragmatic maxim
2.3 Preliminary remarks on the pragmatic theory of truth
2.4 The pragmatic theory of truth
2.5 Conclusion
3. The Correspondence Criterion of Truth
3.1 Correspondence in historic context
3.2. The general correspondence theory of truth
3.3 Marketing specific truth-makers and functional claims
3.4 Objections
3.5 Conclusion
4. The Coherence Criterion of Truth
4.1 Key components of the coherence theory
4.2 Symbolic value and symbolic claims
4.3 Symbolic truth as internal and external coherence
4.4 The nature of coherence: inferential connectivity
4.5 Objections
4.6 Conclusion
5. The Instrumental Criterion of Truth
5.1 The general idea
5.2 Truth, segmentation and targeting
5.3 Alethic facilitation and ontological truth
5.4 Alethic responsibility
5.5 When is the consumer entitled to believe a behavioural claim?
5.6 A standard objection
5.7 Conclusion
6. Alethic Pluralism
6.1 The pluralistic nature of the theory of truth in marketing
6.2 Alethic pluralism and objectivity
6.3 Pluralism and the metaphysical concept of truth: versus
6.4 Truth and normativity
6.5 Conclusion
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