Beschrijving
Engel argues that, although the minimalist conception of truth is basically right, it does not follow that truth can be eliminated from our philosophical thinking, as is claimed by some radical deflationists. In particular, he shows that some deflationist views have a definitively relativist and "postmodernist" ring and should be rejected. Even if a metaphysically substantive theory of truth has little chance to succeed, he argues, truth plays a central role as a norm or guiding value of our rational inquiries and practices in the philosophy of knowledge and in ethics.
Boekdetails
Formaat
Hardcover
Pagina's
192 pagina's
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
Sep 18, 2002
Uitgever
McGill-Queen's University Press
Edities
2 editions
ISBN-10
0773524614
ISBN-13
9780773524613