The Possibility of Relative Truth: An Examination of the Possibility of Truth Relativism Within Coherence and Correspondence Host Theories of Truth

ISBN-13: 9781138336469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str.

Peter Davson-Galle

Opis

First published in 1998, this book is a tightly focused and in-depth treatment of the question: 'Can one be a relativist about all truths within either a coherence or a correspondence host theory without absurdity?'

Recenzje

’... merely to provide a coherent articulation ...the conclusion he reaches is that it proves to be the correspondence theory, not the coherence theory, within which it is easier to articulate global framework truth relativism’ Bibliographie De La Philosophie

Spis treści

Part 1. Correspondence Truth Relativism. 1. The Correspondence Theory and Relativism. 2. Framework Relativisms with One World Realism. 3. Categorial Repertoire Weak Truth Relativism. 4. The Truth Status of Truth Relativism Itself. 5. Totally Incommensurable Conceptual Schemes. 6. Alternative Categorial Webs. Part 2. Coherence Truth Relativism. 7. Truth Relativism within Non-Realist Theories. 8. Propositional Relativism. 9. Possible-Strong Actual Belief Relativism. 10. Weak Truth Coherentism. 11. Coherence Relativism and Standard Objections.

O autorze

Peter Davson-Galle