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The concept of truth

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The concept of truthRichard Campbell.
Author:	Campbell, Richard James,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2011.
Description:	1 online resource.
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Truth.
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230307803 (electronic bk.)

The concept of truth
Campbell, Richard James,1939-

The concept of truth[electronic resource] /Richard Campbell. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 1 online resource.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780230307803 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613097361

Source: 497944Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Truth.
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BD171 / .C355 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 121

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