Truth: The Basics

ISBN-13: 9781032039886 / Twarda / 2023 / 180 str.

Ben Middleton

Opis

Truth: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to philosophical theories about the nature of truth. The two authors – leading philosophers in this field – build the book around a single question: what, if anything, is common to all truths, which makes them true? 　

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Correspondence  3. Semantic  4. Verifiability  5. Transparency  6. Plurality  7. Paradox  8. Final Score Card

O autorze

Jc Beall holds the O’Neill Family Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Beall’s principal work is on truth, paradox, logic, and related issues. His publications include Logical Pluralism (2005), Spandrels of Truth (2009), and Formal Theories of Truth (2018). In addition, Beall is the author of Logic: The Basics (Routledge, 2017).　

Ben Middleton has held postdoctoral positions in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and North Carolina State University. His published papers include work on nonclassical logic and the semantic paradoxes.