Understanding truth /
Soames, Scott.
Understanding truth / Scott Soames. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundational issues -- Truth bearers -- Forms of truth skepticism -- Two theories of truth -- Tarski's definition of truth -- The significance of Tarski's theory of truth -- Lessons of the liar -- Truth, paradox, and partially defined predicates -- Extensions -- Vagueness, partiality, and the sorites paradox -- What is truth?: the deflationary perspective.
The author of this text explores the notion of truth and its role in our ordinary thought, as well as in logical, philosophical and scientific theories.
0585324557 9780585324555 1423760158 9781423760153
Truth.
V�erit�e
PHILOSOPHY--Epistemology.
Truth.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BC171 / .S63 1999eb
121
Understanding truth / Scott Soames. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundational issues -- Truth bearers -- Forms of truth skepticism -- Two theories of truth -- Tarski's definition of truth -- The significance of Tarski's theory of truth -- Lessons of the liar -- Truth, paradox, and partially defined predicates -- Extensions -- Vagueness, partiality, and the sorites paradox -- What is truth?: the deflationary perspective.
The author of this text explores the notion of truth and its role in our ordinary thought, as well as in logical, philosophical and scientific theories.
0585324557 9780585324555 1423760158 9781423760153
Truth.
V�erit�e
PHILOSOPHY--Epistemology.
Truth.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BC171 / .S63 1999eb
121