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Truth (Central Problems of Philosophy)

By Pascal Engel

Book information

Publisher
Mcgill Queens Univ Pr
Year
2002
ISBN
0773524614, 9780773524613
Open Library ID
OL17069162M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1253908 bytes)
Series
Central Problems of Philosophy
Pages
186\186
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Engel argues that, although the minimalist conception of truth is basically right, it does not follow that truth can be eliminated from our philosophical thinking, as is claimed by some radical deflationists. In particular, he shows that some deflationist views have a definitively relativist and "postmodernist" ring and should be rejected. Even if a metaphysically substantive theory of truth has little chance to succeed, he argues, truth plays a central role as a norm or guiding value of our rational inquiries and practices in the philosophy of knowledge and in ethics.

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