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Item Details
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THE CONCEPT OF TRUTH
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| By: |
Richard Campbell |
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Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£66.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0230307809 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230307803 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
5 April, 2011 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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