This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus, it assumes a realist view of universals and argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It will intrigue teachers and advanced students of philosophy interested in the conception of truth and in the metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth.
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"The Correspondence Theory of Truth is a welcome addition to the literature on truth ... Newman has done a thorough job of providing us with such an account. His book should be at the forefront of the debate about the nature of truth for a long time to come." Philosophy in Review
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This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus it assumes a realist view of universals. It argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It will interest teachers and advanced students of philosophy who are interested in the realistic conception of truth and in issues in metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth.
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predicative belief, proposition guise, atomic tact, sentential sign, platonic propositions, theory oftruth, immanent realism, predicative sentences, multiple relation theory, predicative role, predicative propositions, identity sentences, general logical form, ofa sentence, believing relation, nominalist interpretation, relating relation, compositional view, correspondence conditions, uninstantiated universals, truth makers, truth bearers, elementary sentences, truth hearers, conjunctive sentence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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predicative belief, proposition guise, atomic tact, sentential sign, platonic propositions, theory oftruth, immanent realism, predicative sentences, multiple relation theory, predicative role, predicative propositions, identity sentences, general logical form, ofa sentence, believing relation, nominalist interpretation, relating relation, compositional view, correspondence conditions, uninstantiated universals, truth makers, truth bearers, elementary sentences, truth hearers, conjunctive sentence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Walter Scott, Taj Mahal, Alex Oliver, Bertrand Russell, Max Black, Susan Haack, Crispin Wright, Leibniz's Law, Mark Sainsbury, Nathan Salmon New!
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- The Physical Basis of Predication (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Andrew Newman on 12 pages
- A World of States of Affairs (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by D. M. Armstrong on 10 pages
- The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell on 9 pages
- An Essay on Facts (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) by Kenneth Russel Olson on 9 pages
- A Realist Conception of Truth by William P. Alston on 5 pages
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- Real Metaphysics (Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy) by Hallvard Lillehammer on page 238
- Bare Facts And Naked Truths: A New Correspondence Theory Of Truth by George Englebretsen in Back Matter
- The Hegel-Marx Connection by Tony Burns in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Brentano (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Dale Jacquette in Back Matter
- The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by Jonathan L. Kvanvig in Front Matter
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