The Metaphysics Of Truth

Author : Douglas Owain Edwards
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198758693
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Truth written by Douglas Owain Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is truth? What role does truth play in the connections between language and the world? What is the relationship between truth and being? Douglas Edwards tackles these questions and develops a distinctive metaphysical worldview. He argues that in some domains language responds to the world, whereas in others language generates the world.

Author : Douglas Edwards
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191076457
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Truth written by Douglas Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is truth? What role does truth play in the connections between language and the world? What is the relationship between truth and being? The Metaphysics of Truth tackles these fundamental philosophical questions and proposes a distinctive metaphysical worldview. Douglas Edwards develops a detailed pluralist theory, which holds that there are different relationships between language and the world in different subject areas, or 'domains'. He explains what domains are; how different domains are individuated; which metaphysical frameworks apply in different domains; and how a pluralist view of truth plays a key role. The connections between truth and being are explored, yielding a form of ontological pluralism-the idea that there are different ways of being-which increases the explanatory power of the view. This project is carried out in a climate where the traditionally central issue of the nature of truth has diminished in significance due to the rise of deflationary and primitivist views, which deny that there are interesting and informative things to say about truth. Edwards responds to these views, and demonstrates the importance of the metaphysics of truth with regard to both the study of truth itself, and metaphysical debates more generally. Moreover, Edwards pays particular attention to domains which have not been given much consideration in debates about truth, namely the institutional and social domains, and connects work on the metaphysics of truth and being to key issues in social construction.

Author : Barry Allen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674910904
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth in Philosophy written by Barry Allen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of philosophers is truth, but for a century or more they have been bothered by Nietzsche's question, "What is the good of truth?" Barry Allen shows what truth has come to mean in the philosophical tradition, what is wrong with many of the ways of conceiving truth, and why philosophers refuse to confront squarely the question of the value of truth--why it is always taken to be an unquestioned concept. What is distinctive about Allen's book is his historical approach. Surveying Western thought from the pre-Socratics to the present day, Allen identifies and criticizes two core assumptions: that truth implies a realist metaphysics, and that truth is a good thing.

Author : Julius Lipner
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438411049
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Face of Truth written by Julius Lipner and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1986-03-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of Rāmānuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes Rāmānuja's theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being. In addition to offering new insights into and analyses of religious matters, The Face of Truth exposes the theology of language — the understanding of religious language and God. This is consistent with Lipner's other purpose — the furthering of inter-religious dialogue, especially between Hindu and Christian points of view. Lipner has also translated several technical Sanskrit terms into English, making his point intelligible to non-Sanskrit readers. Drawing together the complex strands of Rāmānujan thought, Lipner succeeds in increasing inter-religious understanding.

Author : Catherine Pickstock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840329
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aspects of Truth written by Catherine Pickstock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bold new work discusses truth, and the value of a metaphysical approach to truth, from philosophical and theological perspectives.

Author : Blake E. Hestir
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107132320
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth written by Blake E. Hestir and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blake E. Hestir's examination of Plato's conception of truth challenges a long tradition of interpretation in ancient scholarship.

Author : Andrew Newman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139434276
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence Theory of Truth written by Andrew Newman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus it assumes a realist view of universals. Part of the aim is to avoid Platonic propositions, and although sympathy with facts is maintained in the early chapters, the book argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It includes discussion of contemporary philosophers such as David Armstrong, William Alston and Paul Horwich, as well as those who write about propositions and facts, and a number of students of Bertrand Russell. It will interest teachers and advanced students of philosophy who are interested in the realistic conception of truth and in issues in metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth, and those interested in Russell and the Tractatus.

Author : Simon Blackburn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198037576
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth written by Simon Blackburn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the highly popular book Think, which Time magazine hailed as "the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy," Simon Blackburn is that rara avis--an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now Blackburn offers a tour de force exploration of what he calls "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"--the age-old war over truth. The front lines of this war are well defined. On one side are those who believe in plain, unvarnished facts, rock-solid truths that can be found through reason and objectivity--that science leads to truth, for instance. Their opponents mock this idea. They see the dark forces of language, culture, power, gender, class, ideology and desire--all subverting our perceptions of the world, and clouding our judgement with false notions of absolute truth. Beginning with an early skirmish in the war--when Socrates confronted the sophists in ancient Athens--Blackburn offers a penetrating look at the longstanding battle these two groups have waged, examining the philosophical battles fought by Plato, Protagoras, William James, David Hume, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, and many others, with a particularly fascinating look at Nietzsche. Among the questions Blackburn considers are: is science mere opinion, can historians understand another historical period, and indeed can one culture ever truly understand another. Blackburn concludes that both sides have merit, and that neither has exclusive ownership of truth. What is important is that, whichever side we embrace, we should know where we stand and what is to be said for our opponents.

Author : Eric Butterworth
Publisher : Unity Books
ISBN 13 : 9780871593696
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Metaphysics written by Eric Butterworth and published by Unity Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Butterworth has earned the trust of millions with his sound, hard-hitting advice on how to make life better through the practice of metaphysics. This adaptation from A Course in Practical Metaphysics is packed with insights, activities, and meditations which will increase your spiritual awareness and help you live a more fulfilling life. Learn about the background of metaphysics, the aspects of God, the will of God, Jesus, spiritual awakening, and how words and thought affect your life. Explore the practicality of metaphysics focusing on subjects such as faith, the presence and power of God, love, prayer, healing, prosperity, and mroe. Compiled by Mark Hicks from A Course in Practical Metaphysics and edited by Michael A. Maday.

Author : Douglas Owain Edwards
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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Truth written by Douglas Owain Edwards and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is truth? What role does truth play in the connections between language and the world? What is the relationship between truth and being? Douglas Edwards tackles these questions and develops a distinctive metaphysical worldview. He argues that in some domains language responds to the world, whereas in others language generates the world.