1st Edition

Truth, Knowledge and Causation

By C. J. Ducasse Copyright 1968
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1969. This book examines the fundamental concepts of metaphysics and of theory of knowledge. Topics treated include the nature of substance and of causation; their relation to natural laws, dispositions, and attributes; the nature of consciousness and purposiveness; of symbols, signs, and signals, and their relation to interpretation and objective reference; and the nature... Read more

Preface 1. On the Nature and the Observability of the Causal Relation 2. On the Analysis of Causality 3. Causation: Perceivable? Or Only Inferred? 4. Concerning the Uniformity of Causality 5. Explanation, Mechanism, and Teleology 6. On the Attributes of Material Things 7. ‘Substants’, Capacities, and Tendencies 8. Symbols, Signs, and Signals 9. Objectivity, Objective Reference, and Perception 10. A Liberalistic View of Truth 11. Propositions, Truth, and the Ultimate Criterion of Truth 12. Propositions, Opinions, Sentences, and Facts 13. Moore’s ‘The Refutation of Idealism’ 14. Philosophy and Natural Science 15. The Method of Knowledge in Philosophy

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