Truth and Predication

Informationen zum Autor Donald Davidson was most recently Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext Anchored in classical philosophy! this book nonetheless makes telling use of the work of a great number of modern philosophers from Tarski and Dewey to Quine and Rorty. Representing the very best of Western thought! it reopens the most difficult and pressing of ancient philosophical problems! and reveals them to be very much of our day. Zusammenfassung Anchored in classical philosophy! this book nonetheless makes telling use of the work of a great number of modern philosophers from Tarski and Dewey to Quine and Rorty. Representing the very best of Western thought! it reopens the most difficult and pressing of ancient philosophical problems! and reveals them to be very much of our day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Theories of Truth 2. What More Is There to Truth? 3. The Content of the Concept of Truth 4. The Problem of Predication 5. Failed Attempts 6. Truth and Predication 7. A Solution Bibliography Index

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Anchored in classical philosophy, this book nonetheless makes telling use of the work of a great number of modern philosophers from Tarski and Dewey to Quine and Rorty. Representing the very best of Western thought, it reopens the most difficult and pressing of ancient philosophical problems, and reveals them to be very much of our day.

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Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Theories of Truth 2. What More Is There to Truth? 3. The Content of the Concept of Truth 4. The Problem of Predication 5. Failed Attempts 6. Truth and Predication 7. A Solution Bibliography Index