Overview
- Offers up-to-date collection of essays on truth giving a unique view on contemporary research in the field
- Original essays written by the best specialists in the field making it a must have for anyone working on the field
- Papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amsterdam), Truth at Work (Paris), Paradoxes of Truth and Denotation (Barcelona) and Axiomatic Theories of Truth (Oxford)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science (LEUS, volume 36)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Truth and Natural Language
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Front Matter
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Truth as a Substantial Notion
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Front Matter
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Deflationism and Conservativity
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Keywords
- Axiomatic theories of truth (Oxford)
- Deflationism and Conservativity
- Deflationism and paradox
- Inferentialism and Revisionary Approach
- Paradoxes of Truth and Denotation
- Philosophical and formal theories of truth
- Truth Be Told (Amsterdam)
- Truth Without Paradox
- Truth and Natural Language
- Truth as a Substantial Notion
- Truth at Work (Paris)
- Uses of Truth
About this book
This anthology of the very latest research on truth features the work of recognized luminaries in the field, put together following a rigorous refereeing process. Along with an introduction outlining the central issues in the field, it provides a unique and unrivaled view of contemporary work on the nature of truth, with papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amsterdam), Truth at Work (Paris), Paradoxes of Truth and Denotation (Barcelona) and Axiomatic Theories of Truth (Oxford).
Studying the nature of the concept of ‘truth’ has always been a core role of philosophy, but recent years have been a boom time in the topic. With a wealth of recent conferences examining the subject from various angles, this collection of essays recognizes the pressing need for a volume that brings scholars up to date on the arguments.
Offering academics and graduate students alike a much-needed repository of today’s cutting-edge work in this vital topic of philosophy, the volume is required reading for anyone needing to keep abreast of developments, and is certain to act as a catalyst for further innovation and research.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Unifying the Philosophy of Truth
Editors: Theodora Achourioti, Henri Galinon, José Martínez Fernández, Kentaro Fujimoto
Series Title: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9673-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9672-9Published: 25 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0661-0Published: 23 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9673-6Published: 16 June 2015
Series ISSN: 2214-9775
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9783
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 502
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Logic, History of Philosophy