Understanding Truth

Scott Soames (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

1999
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-511151-4 (ISBN)

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Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in ordinary thought and scientific theories. The questions investigated include: "Why do we need a truth predicate at all?", "What theoretical tasks does it allow us to accomplish?" and "How must we understand the content of any predicate capable of accomplishing these tasks?"

Scott Soames illuminates the notion of truth and the role it plays in our ordinary thought, as well as in our logical, philosophical, and scientific theories. The main questions investigated include "Why do we need a truth predicate at all?", "What theoretical tasks does it allow us to accomplish?", and "How must we understand the content of any predicate capable of accomplishing these tasks?". The main aim of the book is to integrate and extend the most important insight on truth from a variety of sources.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.1.1999
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 152 mm
Gewicht	553 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	0-19-511151-6 / 0195111516
ISBN-13	978-0-19-511151-4 / 9780195111514
Zustand	Neuware