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Truth and Objectivity
Crispin Wright
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Description for Truth and Objectivity
paperback. Offers a perspective on the place of "realism" in philosophical inquiry. The text contains critical discussions of central concerns of realism philosophers, including "deflationary" conception of truth, internal realist truth, and scientific realism and the theoreticity of observation. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Crispin Wright offers an original perspective on the place of “realism” in philosophical inquiry. He proposes a radically new framework for discussing the claims of the realists and the anti-realists. This framework rejects the classical “deflationary” conception of truth yet allows both disputants to respect the intuition that judgments, whose status they contest, are at least semantically fitted for truth and may often justifiably be regarded as true. In the course of his argument, Wright offers original critical discussions of many central concerns of philosophers interested in realism, including the “deflationary” conception of truth, internal realist truth, scientific realism and ... Read more
Crispin Wright offers an original perspective on the place of “realism” in philosophical inquiry. He proposes a radically new framework for discussing the claims of the realists and the anti-realists. This framework rejects the classical “deflationary” conception of truth yet allows both disputants to respect the intuition that judgments, whose status they contest, are at least semantically fitted for truth and may often justifiably be regarded as true. In the course of his argument, Wright offers original critical discussions of many central concerns of philosophers interested in realism, including the “deflationary” conception of truth, internal realist truth, scientific realism and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674910874
SKU
V9780674910874
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About Crispin Wright
Crispin Wright is Global Professor of Philosophy at New York University, Professor of Philosophical Research at the University of Stirling, and Regius Professor of Logic Emeritus at the University of Aberdeen.
Reviews for Truth and Objectivity
Truth and Objectivity is a strikingly resourceful and serious book, imbued with respect for the difficulty of philosophical problems and a readiness to probe them with all the conceptual instruments of contemporary analytic philosophy.
Timothy Williamson
International Journal of Philosophical Studies
A milestone in the discussion of realism.
Jim Edwards
Mind
Full of interesting ... Read more
Timothy Williamson
International Journal of Philosophical Studies
A milestone in the discussion of realism.
Jim Edwards
Mind
Full of interesting ... Read more