Truth and Truthmakers

TRAMA

With many adherents among contemporary philosophers, truthmaking theory is the most recent development of a realist theory of truth. D.M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory and makes a compelling case for truthmaking's importance in philosophy. His book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

NOTE EDITORE

Truths are determined not by what we believe, but by the way the world is. Or so realists about truth believe. Philosophers call such theories correspondence theories of truth. Truthmaking theory, which now has many adherents among contemporary philosophers, is a recent development of a realist theory of truth, and in this book, first published in 2004, D. M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory. He examines its applications to different sorts of truth, including contingent truths, modal truths, truths about the past and the future, and mathematical truths. In a clear, even-handed and non-technical discussion he makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy. His book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

SOMMARIO

1. An introduction to truthmakers; 2. The general theory of truthmaking; 3. Epistemology and methodology; 4. Properties, relations and states of affairs; 5. Negative truths; 6. General truths; 7. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 1, possibility; 8. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 2, necessity; 9. Numbers and classes; 10. Causes, laws and dispositions; 11. Time.

PREFAZIONE

In a clear, even-handed and non-technical discussion Armstrong makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy. His 2004 book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

AUTORE

David Armstrong's many publications include A Materialist Theory of Mind (1968) and A World of States of Affairs (1997).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780521547239
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Dimensioni: 215 x 11 x 137 mm Ø 230 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 2 b/w illus. 1 table
• Pagine Arabe: 172