Truth

by Paul Horwich

Book Overview

What is truth. Paul Horwich advocates the controversial theory of minimalism, that is that the nature of truth is entirely captured in the trivial fact that each proposition specifies its own condition for being true, and that truth is therefore an entirely mundane and unpuzzling concept. The first edition of Truth, published in 1980, established itself as the best account of minimalism and as an excellent introduction to the debate for students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198752237
• ISBN13: 9780198752233
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"