The concept of truth
By: Richard Campbell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780230297852
Subjects: Truth
Description: "This book addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth, manifest in sceptical relativism. Contending that all contemporary theories of truth are too narrow, it argues for a novel conception of truth, by showing how error is implicated in the actions of all living things; and by analyzing uses of 'true' in non-linguistic contexts"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: truth in trouble; title: The linguistic conception of truth; title: The functions truth serves; title: Truth in action; title: Acting truly; title: The genesis of representations; title: Acts of assertion; title: The truth of statements; title: The challenge of sceptical relativism; title: Truth as faithfulness.