Hard Truths (eBook)

Elijah Millgram is E. E. Ericksen Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. He is the editor of Varieties of Practical Reasoning, and author of Practical Induction and Ethics Done Right. A former fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Millgram's research is focused on theory of rationality.

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Part I: Motivation

2. The Truth in Bivalence

3. Deflating Deflationism

Part II: Arguments

4. How to Find Your Match

5. Unity of the Intellect

6. How Can We Think about Partial Truth?

Part III: The Competition

7. Logics of Vagueness

Part IV: Applications

8. The Quinean Turn

9. The Davidsonian Swerve

10. The Lewis Twist: Mind Over Matter

11. The Bare Necessities

12. Conclusion: Metaphysics as Intellectual Ergonomics

Appendix: Was There Anything Wrong with Psychologism?

Notes

References

Index

"Everyone with a serious interest in philosophy should confront the
implications of this work. It will appeal to all who are willing to
face hard truths about reasoning." (CHOICE, December
2009)

"Millgram's book presents entirely different and original
arguments ... .Ambitious in a way that few philosophy books are
anymore ... .Provocative [and] inspiring." (Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews, November 2009)

"Hard Truths focuses upon the fact that coming by such
verities is quite difficult and that we must cobble by with far
less in our everyday life. Milgram's innovative book challenges us
to face this dilemma squarely."

-Mark Wilson, Univeristy of Pittsburgh

A fine book: ambitious, provocative, and engaging. It is fresh
and fundamental in its advocacy of partial truth. Metaphysicians
should read Millgram's book -- nervously yet excitedly.

-Stephen Hetherington, University of New South
Wales