Truth Without Objectivity Contributor(s): Kölbel, Max (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415272440 ISBN-13: 9780415272445 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: i Truth without Objectivity /i provides a critique of the mainstream view of "meaning." Kolbel examines the standard solutions to the conflict implicit in this view, demonstrating their inadequacy and developing instead his own relativist theory of truth. br br The mainstream view of meaning assumes that understanding a sentence's meaning implies knowledge of the conditions required for it to be true. This view is challenged by taste judgements, which have meaning, but seem to be neither true nor false. |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | Criticism |
Dewey: 121 |
Series: International Library of Philosophy (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.1" W x 9.74" (0.81 lbs) 166 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
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Publisher Description: Truth without Objectivity provides a critique of the mainstream view of 'meaning'. Kölbel examines the standard solutions to the conflict implicit in this view, demonstrating their inadequacy and developing instead his own relativist theory of truth. |