The Concept of Truth

R. Campbell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2011 | 1st ed. 2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-33424-7 (ISBN)

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This book addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth, manifest in sceptical relativism. Contending that all contemporary theories of truth are too narrow, it argues for a novel conception of truth, by showing how error is implicated in the actions of all living things; and by analyzing uses of 'true' in non-linguistic contexts.

RICHARD CAMPBELL is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He has served as Dean of Arts and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the ANU, and was for 15 years also involved in restructuring the system of school education in the Australian Capital Territory. He is the author of Secondary Education for Canberra (1973), From Belief to Understanding (1976), Truth and Historicity (1992), and numerous articles.

Preface Introduction: Truth in Trouble The Linguistic Conception of Truth The Functions Truth Serves Truth in Action Acting Truly The Genesis of Representations Acts of Assertion The Truth of Statements The Challenge of Sceptical Relativism Truth as Faithfulness Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XI, 260 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Schlagworte	argue • Bibliography • Concept • Living • Novel • Relativism • Truth
ISBN-10	1-349-33424-3 / 1349334243
ISBN-13	978-1-349-33424-7 / 9781349334247
Zustand	Neuware