| What is truth? Michael Lynch defends a bold new answer to this question. Traditional theories of truth hold that truth has only a single uniform nature. All truths are true in the same way. More recent deflationary theories claim that truth has no nature at all; the concept of truth is of no real philosophical importance. In this concise and clearly written book, Lynch argues that we should reject both these extremes and hold that truth is a functional property. To understand truth we must understand what it does, its function in our cognitive economy. Once we understand that, we'll see that this function can be performed in more than one way. And that in turn opens the door to an appealing pluralism: beliefs about the concrete physical world needn't be true in the same way as our thoughts about matters -- like morality -- where the human stain is deepest. |
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 Essentials of KABC II AssessmentQuickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the KABC-II
Now designed for children aged three to eighteen, the KABC-II is among the top tier of children's tests of cognitive ability. Alan and Nadeen Kaufman, authors of the KABC-II, joined forces with Elizabeth Lichtenberger and Elaine... | | Proceedings of the Workshop
The Workshop on Semigroups and Languages took place in November 2002
at Center of Algebra of the University of Lisbon. It aimed at bringing together
researchers in both areas to find out about recent results of common
interest.
Jorge Almeida (University of Porto, Portugal), John Fountain (University
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