Basic Questions on Truth

ISBN-13: 9780792362241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 230 str.

Paul Weingartner; P. Weingartner

Opis

The task of the book is not to give a survey of the main theories on truth found in the literature. There are several books available which do this: The one of David for Deflationist (and Disquotational) Theories of Truth; that of Chapuis for Revision Theories of Truth; that of Kirkham for Correspondence Theories and several others; that ofRescher for Coherence Theories of Truth. Moreover the book is not an analy sis just of Tar ski's theory, like that of Moreno or the respective chapters in Kirkham, though Tarski's theory plays an important role in the whole work presented. The task of the book is to give a detailed answer to some basic questions on truth which have been perennial problems through the centuries and are still discussed today. The answer is given in the light of our knowledge today and with the help of modem logic. But the book explicitly aims at connecting recent problems with re lated ones in the whole history of philosophy. The method to incorporate important philosophers of the tradition into the analysis is that of disputation, i. e. of putting some of their main thesis into objections or counterobjections pro or contra a posi tive answer to the respective question. After the pros and cons are given a detailed answer to the question is proposed and finally commentaries and corrections are given to the objections and counterobjections in the light of the proposed answer."

Spis treści

Introduction. Acknowledgments. 1. Is it Appropriate to Ask `What is Truth?' 2. Is it Appropriate to ask for the Meaning or for the Definition of the Expression `Truth;, `The True' of `True'? 3. Is the Expression True Superfluous and Therefore not a Predicate? 4. Can the Rules of a Deductive System be called True or False? 5. Are Definitions True or False? 6. Judgements, Propositions, Sentences. 7. Is a Sentence True if it Corresponds to Reality? 8. Are there Negative Facts or Properties? 9. Can a False Theory be Nearer to the Truth than another False Theory? 10. Ens et Verum Convertuntur? References.

O autorze

Paul Weingartner, Ph.D. 1961 (Philosophy/Physics) Univ. of Innsbruck, Prof. of Philosophy 1971- (em.1999) Univ. of Salzburg and Institut fuer Wissenschaftstheorie. Honory Doctorate 1995 Marie Curie Univ. Lublin, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences. 10 books, 36 books edited, 150 articles. Guest professorships and guest lectures at more than 100 universities. Paul Weingartner is one of the most distinguished philosophers and logicians in German language countries. He has published many books and articles in the domains of philosophy of sciences, logic, ethics and philosophy of religion.