Truth and Realism
Patrick Greenough and Michael P. Lynch
Abstract
Is truth objective or relative? What exists independently of our minds? This book is about these two questions. The essays in its pages variously defend and critique answers to each, grapple over the proper methodology for addressing them, and wonder whether either question is worth pursuing. In so doing, they carry on a long and esteemed tradition – for our two questions are among the oldest of philosophical issues, and have vexed almost every major philosopher, from Plato, to Kant to Wittgenstein. Fifteen contributors bring fresh perspectives, renewed energy and original answers to debates t ... More
Is truth objective or relative? What exists independently of our minds? This book is about these two questions. The essays in its pages variously defend and critique answers to each, grapple over the proper methodology for addressing them, and wonder whether either question is worth pursuing. In so doing, they carry on a long and esteemed tradition – for our two questions are among the oldest of philosophical issues, and have vexed almost every major philosopher, from Plato, to Kant to Wittgenstein. Fifteen contributors bring fresh perspectives, renewed energy and original answers to debates that have been the focus of a tremendous amount of interest in the last three decades, both within philosophy and the culture at large.
Keywords:
truth,
realism,
philosophical issues,
Plato,
Kant,
Wittgenstein,
culture,
methodology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199288878 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2010 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199288878.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Patrick Greenough, editor
University of St Andrews
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Michael P. Lynch, editor
University of Connecticut
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