From Truth to Reality
New Essays in Logic and Metaphysics
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415988452
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 310
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780415988452
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 310
Edition: First Edition
Book Summary
Questions about truth and questions about reality are intimately connected. One can ask whether numbers exist by asking "Are there numbers?" But one can also ask what arguably amounts to the same question by asking "Is the sentence 'There are numbers' true?" Such semantic ascent implies that reality can be investigated by investigating our true sentences. This line of thought was dominant in twentieth century philosophy, but is now beginning to be called into question. In From Truth to Reality, Heather Dyke brings together some of the foremost metaphysicians to examine approaches to truth, reality, and the connections between the two. This collection features new and previously unpublished material by JC Beall, Mark Colyvan, Michael Devitt, John Heil, Frank Jackson, Fred Kroon, D. H. Mellor, Luca Moretti, Alan Musgrave, Robert Nola, J. J. C. Smart, Paul Snowdon, and Daniel Stoljar. LIST OF READINGS
Introduction
Heather DykeID: s28264 | 14pp | Copyright Fee: $1.68
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"Unsettledness" in a Bivalent Language: A Modest, Nonepistemic Idea
JC BeallID: s28265 | 12pp | Copyright Fee: $1.44
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Vagueness and Truth
Mark ColyvanID: s28266 | 12pp | Copyright Fee: $1.44
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Biological Realisms
Michael DevittID: s28267 | 23pp | Copyright Fee: $2.76
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Pleonastic Platonism
Alan MusgraveID: s28268 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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Anomalous Monism
John HeilID: s28269 | 14pp | Copyright Fee: $1.68
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On the Metaphysical Implications of Some Epistemological Commonplaces
Frank JacksonID: s28270 | 13pp | Copyright Fee: $1.56
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Mathematical Platonism
J. J. C. SmartID: s28271 | 9pp | Copyright Fee: $1.08
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On Creeping Minimalism and the Nature of Minimal Entities
Luca MorettiID: s28272 | 58pp | Copyright Fee: $6.96
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Hempel's Dilemma
Daniel StoljarID: s28273 | 17pp | Copyright Fee: $2.04
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