Truth and the Past (Columbia Themes in Philosophy)
Contributors: Akeel Bilgrami (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 18, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780231131773
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Metaphysics & ontology; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy; General; Philosophy / General; Logic
First sentence: The distinction between linguistic utterances and what they express is borne in on us by many common experiences, for instance, that of finding out how to say something in another language, and that of rephrasing something we have said to make it clear to our hearer.