A Prosentential Theory of Truth (eBook)

Dorothy Grover (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6268-9 (ISBN)

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In a number of influential articles published since 1972, Dorothy Grover has developed the prosentential theory of truth. Brought together and published with a new introduction, these essays are even more impressive as a group than they were as single contributions to philosophy and linguistics. Denying that truth has an explanatory role, the prosentential theory does not address traditional truth issues like belief, meaning, and justification. Instead, it focuses on the grammatical role of the truth predicate and asserts that "it is true" is a prosentence, functioning much as a pronoun does. Grover defends the theory by indicating how it can handle notorious paradoxes like the Liar, as well as by analyzing some English truth-usages. The introduction to the volume surveys traditional theories of truth, including correspondence, pragmatic, and coherence theories. It discusses the essays to come and, finally, considers the implications of the prosentential theory for other theories. Despite the fact that the prosentential theory dismisses the "nature of truth" as a red herring, Grover shows that there are important aspects of traditional truth theories that prosentential theorists have the option of endorsing.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Schlagworte: Aboutness • Adverbial • Agreement (linguistics) • And/or • Antecedent (grammar) • Argument • Ascription • clause • Cognate • Coherence theory of truth • Concept • Consideration • consistency • Correspondence theory of truth • Definite description • Deflationary theory of truth • Demonstrative • Denotation (semiotics) • dignity • Empirical Evidence • Empirical Research • Epistemology • Equanimity • ethics • existential quantification • Explanation • Falsity • formal language • grammar • implicature • Instance (computer science) • Interrogative • Learnability • Logic • Logical conjunction • Logical connective • logical consequence • Logical disjunction • natural language • Objectivity (philosophy) • object language • Observation • Ontological Commitment • On Truth • Open sentence • Ostensive definition • Philosopher • philosophical theory • Phrase • Potentiality and actuality • Pragmatics • Pragmatic theory of truth • Predicate (grammar) • Presupposition • prima facie • Principle • pronoun • Proper noun • Proposition • Propositional variable • proverb • Quantification (science) • Quantifier (linguistics) • Quantifier (logic) • readability • Reality • reason • Recursive definition • referent • rubric • Self-reference • Semantics • Semantic Theory of Truth • Sentence (linguistics) • set theory • Simplicity • State of affairs (philosophy) • Subjectivity • subjunctive mood • Suggestion • The Nature of Truth • Theorem • theory • Theory of Justification • Theory of Mind • The Realist • Thought • truism • Truth • Truth-bearer • truth claim • Truth claim (photography) • Truth condition • truth table • Truth value • Understanding • universal generalization • Universal quantification • utterance • Value (ethics)
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6268-X / 140086268X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6268-9 / 9781400862689