Truth

What is truth? Paul Horwich gives the definitive exposition of a notable philosophical idea, 'minimalism'. This is the controversial idea that the nature of truth is entirely captured in the trivial fact that each proposition specifies its own condition for being true, and that truth is therefore, despite the philosophical struggles to which it has given rise, an entirely mundane and unpuzzling concept. Horwich makes a powerful case for the minimalist view, and gives a careful systematic explanation of its implications for a cluster of important philosophical issues on which questions about truth have impinged. For this new edition Paul Horwich has refined and developed his treatment of the subject in the light of subsequent discussions, while preserving the distinctive format that made the book so successful.

First sentence: 'What is truth?', we sometimes ask-but the question tends to be rhetorical, conveying the somewhat defeatist idea that a good answer, if indeed there is such a thing, will be so subtle, so profound, and so hard to find, that to look for one would surely be a waste of time.

Year

1990

Language

English

Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Editions

4

Pages

136

ISBN

9780631173151

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