Basic Questions on Truth (Episteme, 24) [Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000] 9401057796, 9789401057790

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Table of contents :
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Is it appropriate to ask "What is truth?"
Chapter 2. Is it appropriate to ask for the meaning or for the definition of the expression "truth", "the true" or "true"?
Chapter 3. Is the expression true superfluous and/or not a predicate?
Chapter 4. Can the rules of a deductive system be called true or false?
Chapter 5. Are definitions true or false?
Chapter 6. Judgements, propositions, sentences
Chapter 7. Is a sentence true iff it corresponds to reality
Chapter 8. Are there negative facts or properties?
Chapter 9. Can a false theory be nearer to the truth than another false theory?
Chapter 10. Ens et verum convertuntur?
References
Name index
Subject index

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