Substantive Perspectivism An Essay on Philosophical Concern with Truth /

• Main Author: Mou, Bo. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 344
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Genetic epistemology.; Logic.; Metaphysics.; Philosophy, modern.; Ontology.; Linguistics > Philosophy.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Language.; Epistemology.; Non-Western Philosophy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2623-1

This book is an inquiry into the philosophical concern with truth as one joint subject in philosophy of language and metaphysics and presents a theory of truth, substantive perspectivism (SP). Emphasizing our basic pre-theoretic understanding of truth (i.e., what is captured by the axiomatic thesis...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Starting Point and Engaging Background
• 2. Case Analysis I: Tarski's Semantic Approach in the Metaphysical Project
• 3. Case Analysis II: Quine's Disquotational Approach in the Linguistic Project
• 4. Case Analysis III: Davidson's Approach in the Explanatory-Role Project
• 5. Case Analysis IV: A Cross-Tradition Examination<U+0014>Philosophical Concern with Truth in Classical Daoism
• 6. Substantive Perspectivism
• References
• Index.