| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 251 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Universals, Predication, and Truth; 2 The Univocity of Truth; 3 The Correspondence Theory or Predicative Sentences; 4 Russell s Theory of Truth and Its Principal Problems; 5 How Predicative Beliefs Correspond to the World; 6 The Metaphysics of Facts; 7 The Metaphysics of Propositions; 8 The Correspondence Theory and Complex Propositions; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. It will interest those who study the realistic conception of truth and issues related to the correspondence theory of truth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus.
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970. |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. |
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Tractatus logico-philosophicus (Wittgenstein, Ludwig) |
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Truth -- Correspondence theory.
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Truth -- Correspondence theory. |
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Newman, Andrew. Correspondence theory of truth. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521811392 (DLC) 2001043539 (OCoLC)47973303 |
| ISBN |
051104223X (electronic book) |
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9780511042232 (electronic book) |
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0511157541 |
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9780511157547 |
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0511045158 |
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9780511045158 |
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9780521811392 (hardback) |
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0521811392 (hardback) |
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9780511497971 (ebook) |
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0511497970 (ebook) |
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1280419563 |
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9781280419560 |
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