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Truth

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Truth
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alexis G. Burgess
By (author) John P. Burgess
SeriesPrinceton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenrePhilosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
ISBN/Barcode 9780691163673
ClassificationsDewey:121
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 table.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 31 August 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

This is a concise introduction to current philosophical debates about truth. Combining philosophical and technical material, the book is organized around, but not limited to, the view known as deflationism. In clear language, Burgess and Burgess cover a wide range of issues, including the nature of truth, the status of truth-value gaps, the relatio

Author Biography

Alexis G. Burgess is assistant professor of philosophy at Stanford University. He is coeditor of Metasemantics: New Essays on the Foundations of Meaning. John P. Burgess is the John N. Woodhull Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His books include Philosophical Logic and Fixing Frege (both Princeton).

Reviews

"Truth is remarkably succinct... Yet it covers a great amount of ground with accessible discussions of a variety of topics... [I]ntelligent and provocative."--Michael P. Lynch, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Burgess and Burgess's book will be widely praised for wielding together the current approaches to truth and to paradoxes, without ceasing to be essentially introductory. Surely, this is an important achievement."--Andreas Karitzis, Metascience "Professors of philosophy, the authors have done a succinct and critical analysis of some theories of truth: deflationism, indeterminacy, insolubility, realism, and antirealism... Throughout the volume, one can see the mathematical precision of the reasoning of the concepts presented here that could be a model for all endeavours of research into complex areas of philosophy. This book could be an inspiration for further work on truth."--Prabuddha Bharata