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Author Newman, Andrew

Title The correspondence theory of truth : an essay on the metaphysics of predication / Andrew Newman
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in philosophy
Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index
Notes English
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Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus.
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
SUBJECT Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 fast
Tractatus logico-philosophicus (Wittgenstein, Ludwig) fast
Subject Truth -- Correspondence theory.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
Language and languages -- Philosophy
Truth -- Correspondence theory
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