| A Realist Conception of Truth: The Transformation of an Occupational Drinking Culture Contributor(s): Alston, William P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801431875 ISBN-13: 9780801431876 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 95031251 |
| Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.3" W x 9.28" (1.33 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most important Anglo-American philosophers of our time here joins the current philosophical debate about the nature of truth. William P. Alston formulates and defends a realist conception of truth, which he calls alethic realism (from aletheia, Greek for truth). This idea holds that the truth value of a statement (belief or proposition) depends on whether what the statement is about is as the statement says it is. Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam are two of the prominent and widely influential contemporary philosophers whose anti-realist ideas Alston attacks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alston, William P.: - The late William P. Alston was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Syracuse University. His books include A Realist Conception of Truth, Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meanings, The Reliability of Sense Perception, and Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience, all from Cornell. |