Truth: Volume 4

by Pascal Engel

Book Overview

Engel argues that, although the minimalist conception of truth is basically right, it does not follow that truth can be eliminated from our philosophical thinking, as is claimed by some radical deflationists. In particular, he shows that some deflationist views have a definitively relativist and "postmodernist" ring and should be rejected. Even if a metaphysically substantive theory of truth has little chance to succeed, he argues, truth plays a central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773524622
• ISBN13: 9780773524620
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.2"