Ebook: The correspondence theory of truth: an essay on the metaphysics of predication
Author: Lucan William G., Russell Bertrand, Newman Andrew, Harman Gilbert, Wittgenstein Ludwig, Haldane John, Russell Bertrand, Jackson Frank, Dancy Jonathan, Sosa Ernest
- Genre: Other Social Sciences // Philosophy
- Tags: Wittgenstein Ludwig -- 1889-1951. -- Tractatus logico-philosophicus., Russell Bertrand -- 1872-1970., Truth -- Correspondence theory., Language and languages -- Philosophy., Tractatus logico-philosophicus (Wittgenstein Ludwig)
- Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- City: New York
- Language: English
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This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus, it assumes a realist view of universals and argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It will intrigue teachers and advanced students of philosophy interested in the conception of truth and in the metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth