1st Edition
Bare Facts and Naked Truths A New Correspondence Theory of Truth
By George Englebretsen
Copyright 2006
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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The very idea of truth as a substantial and meaningful concept has been under attack recently from advocates of New Age and postmodern theories. In this book Englebretsen defends the notions of truth and objectivity as key to the scientific view of the natural world and presents an original defence of the 'commonsense' correspondence theory of truth. Englebretsen's approach overcomes the... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part One: Introduction; À la Reserche du Temps Perdu; The big MAC attack. Part Two: Terminism; Facing the facts; Giving the world its due; A nice derangement; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
George Englebretsen is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Canada.
'... [Englebretsen] has provided us with a learned presentation of a new, original correspondence theory of truth, attempting to deal with all three of its elements: truth-bearers, the relation of correspondence and truth-makers.' Metapsychology Online
