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An Identity Theory of Truth
J. Dodd
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Hardback. BIC Classification: JPP. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 420.
This book argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence. According to Julian Dodd, facts are not complexes of worldly entities; they are, as Frege believed, true thoughts. The supposed truthmaker is nothing but the truthbearer. The author christens this response to correspondence theories the modest identity theory, which he goes on to distinguish from those identity theories propounded, at some time or other, by Russell, Moore, Bradley, John McDowell and Jennifer Hornsby. It is acknowledged that the modest identity theory provides ... Read more
This book argues that correspondence theories of truth fail because the relation which holds between a true thought and a fact is that of identity, not correspondence. According to Julian Dodd, facts are not complexes of worldly entities; they are, as Frege believed, true thoughts. The supposed truthmaker is nothing but the truthbearer. The author christens this response to correspondence theories the modest identity theory, which he goes on to distinguish from those identity theories propounded, at some time or other, by Russell, Moore, Bradley, John McDowell and Jennifer Hornsby. It is acknowledged that the modest identity theory provides ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312231996
SKU
V9780312231996
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99-15
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