The concept of truth[electronic reso...
Campbell, Richard James, (1939-)

 

  • The concept of truth[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 121
    書名/作者: The concept of truth/ Richard Campbell.
    作者: Campbell, Richard James,
    出版者: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    附註: Includes index.
    標題: Truth.
    標題: Philosophy.
    標題: PHILOSOPHY - Epistemology.
    標題: PHILOSOPHY - Mind & Body.
    標題: PHILOSOPHY - General.
    ISBN: 9780230307803 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230307809 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780230297852 (Cloth)
    ISBN: 0230297854 (Cloth)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
    內容註: 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.
    摘要、提要註: Richard Campbell addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth. He presents a novel conception of truth, by showing how the possibility of error is implicated in the actions of all living things and by analyzing uses of 'true'�such as true friends, true love, and being true to something or someone which have been ignored by philosophers. � This new proposal contrasts starkly with all previous analytic theories, which uncritically assume that truth pertains exclusively to the correctness of what is said. According to this action-based conception, that is a derivative sense. In developing this argument, it proposes a definition of life, arguing that even simple life-forms perform minimal actions, and explores the emergence of representations in their actions. Thereby this conception of truth restores its normative force in a way compatible with the modern awareness of our historical and cultural relativity. It finishes with a critique of sceptical relativism, and shows how truth is rightly regarded as a value.
    電子資源: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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