This concise book by the eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn provides an accessible explanation of what truth is and how
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English Pages 142 pages Year 2018
Table of contents :
Cover
Also by Simon Blackburn
On Truth
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. The Classic Approaches. 1. Correspondence
2. Coherence
3. Pragmatism
4. Deflationism
5. Tarski and the Semantic Theory of Truth
6. Summary of Part I
Part II. Varieties of Enquiry. 7. Truths of Taste
Truth in Art
8. Truth in Ethics
9. Reason
10. Religion and Truth
11. Interpretations
Notes
Further Investigations
Index.