On truth
By: Simon Blackburn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780190867218
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Truth
Description: This concise book by the eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn provides an accessible explanation of what truth is and how we might think about it. Blackburn's overall message is that truth is often best thought of not as a product or an end point that is "finally" achieved, but as an ongoing process of inquiry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-136) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The classic approaches. Correspondence; title: Coherence; title: Pragmatism; title: Deflationism; title: Tarski and the semantic theory of truth; title: Summary of part I; title: Part II. Varieties of enquiry. Truths of taste, truth in art; title: Truth in ethics; title: Reason; title: Religion and truth; title: Interpretations.