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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2011

260 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-33424-7

The concept of truth

Richard J. Campbell

This book addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth, manifest in sceptical relativism. Contending that all contemporary theories of truth are too narrow, it argues for a novel conception of truth, by showing how error is implicated in the actions of all living things; and by analyzing uses of 'true' in non-linguistic contexts.

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Campbell, R. J. (2011). The concept of truth, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Introduction

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The linguistic conception of truth

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17-44

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The functions truth serves

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45-61

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Truth in action

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62-99

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Acting truly

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100-124

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The genesis of representations

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125-156

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Acts of assertion

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157-181

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The truth of statements

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182-211

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The challenge of sceptical relativism

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212-240

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Truth as faithfulness

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241-248

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