1st Edition

Focusing on Truth

By Lawrence E. Johnson Copyright 1992
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an introductory account of the central theories of truth. A wide range of theories, from those of correspondence and coherence to Tarski's semantic conception of truth are presented and assessed in order to profit from that which is of value in them. The authot proposes a new account which it is asserted is adequate to meet the legitimate demands made on the theory of truth.

Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. Coherence, 3. Correspondence, 4. Alternatives I, 5 The semantic conception of truth, 6. Intermezzo, 7. Austin and Strawson, 8. Truth, 9. Alternatives II, 10. Truth and ‘truth’, 11. Coda, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Johnson, Lawrence E.