What Is Truth?

by C.J.F. Williams

A study in philosophical logic of the meaning of 'true'. Dr Williams demonstrates the shortcomings of various analyses which interpret 'true' as a predicate or truth as a relational property, and clears up a number of important points about propositions, quantification, definite descriptions and correspondence. This 'deflationary metaphysics' is interwoven with a positive theory of his own, which seeks to develop ideas about the late Arthur Prior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114756
• ISBN13: 9780521114752
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"