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A Realist Conception of Truth

A Realist Conception of Truth

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One of the most important Anglo-American philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth. William P. Alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth, which he calls alethic realism (from aletheia, Greek for truth). This idea holds that the truth value of a statement (belief or proposition) depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam are two of the prominent and widely influential contemporary philosophers whose anti-realist ideas Alston attacks.

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ISBN: 9780801431876
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 121
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 274
Weight: 907g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 27mm