The Correspondence Theory of Truth: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Predication

ISBN-13: 9780521811392 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 264 str.

Omaha) Andrew Newman (University of Nebraska

Opis

This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus, it assumes a realist view of universals and argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It will intrigue teachers and advanced students of philosophy interested in the conception of truth and in the metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth.

Recenzje

'Andrew Newman's … book … bursts at the seams with details and extremely informative discussions of the nature of facts and propositions, 'Truth-maker' accounts, predication and properties. It will be of definite interest to anyone thinking about the history and underlying metaphysics of this most classical of truth theories.' The Philosophical Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Universals, predication and truth; 2. The univocity of truth; 3. The correspondence theory for predicative sentences; 4. Russell's theory of truth and its principal problems; 5. How predicative beliefs correspond to the world; 6. The metaphysics of facts; 7. The metaphysics of propositions; 8. The correspondence theory and complex propositions; Bibliography; Index.