TheoriesofTruth

Theclassicandcontemporaryreadingsinthiscollectionrepresentthefourmostinfluentialtheoriesoftruth–correspondence,pragmatist,coherence,anddeflationarytheories.Acollectionofclassicandcontemporaryphilosophicalreflectionsonthenatureoftruth.Openswithanintroductiontotheoriesoftruth,designedforreaderswithlittleornopriorknowledgeofthesubject.Dividedintofoursectionsonthemostimportanttheoriesoftruth-correspondence,pragmatist,coherence,anddeflationarytheories.Bringstogetherarticlesintherecentdebateoverthecorrespondencetheoryanddeflationismthatarenototherwiseavailableinoneplace.IncludescontributionsbyC.S.Peirce,WilliamJames,BertrandRussell,AlfredTarski,HartryField,DorothyGrover,AnilGuptaandothers.Concludeswithanextensivebibliographyofrecentarticlesontruth.