
The Primitivist Theory of Truth
Jamin Asay(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. October 2013
Book
Hardback
385 pages
978-1-107-03897-4 (ISBN)
Description
Jamin Asay's book offers a fresh and daring perspective on the age-old question 'What is truth?', with a comprehensive articulation and defence of primitivism, the view that truth is a fundamental and indefinable concept. Often associated with Frege and the early Russell and Moore, primitivism has been largely absent from the larger conversation surrounding the nature of truth. Asay defends primitivism by drawing on a range of arguments from metaphysics, philosophy of language and philosophy of logic, and navigates between correspondence theory and deflationism by reviving analytic philosophy's first theory of truth. In its exploration of the role that truth plays in our cognitive and linguistic lives, The Primitivist Theory of Truth offers an account of not just the nature of truth, but the foundational role that truth plays in our conceptual scheme. It will be valuable for students and scholars of philosophy of language and of metaphysics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-03897-4 (9781107038974)
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Person
Jamin Asay is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He has published articles in journals including Philosophy of Science, Philosophia Mathematica, Philosophical Studies, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, and International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
Content
Preface; Introduction; 1. Truth, TRUTH, and 'Truth'; 2. The golden age of primitivism; 3. A two-pronged theory of truth; 4. Metaphysical deflationism; 5. Conceptual primitivism: treadmills and omnipresence; 6. Conceptual primitivism: open questions, foundations, and logical apparatus; 7. Tarski and primitivism; 8. Primitive truth at work; 9. Primitivism and the liar; Conclusion.