{"product_id":"truth-a-contemporary-reader-9781474213301","title":"Truth: A Contemporary Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Douglas Edwards\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Analytic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time \u003ci\u003eTruth: A Contemporary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e brings together essays that have shaped two aspects of a fundamental philosophical topic: the nature of truth and the value of truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring 22 essays, this up-to-date reader includes seminal work by leading figures in contemporary analytic philosophy. It charts the development of the central 'grand proposals' about the nature of truth, and subsequently how their influence gradually diminished in face of new theories developed in the 20th and 21st-centuries. The reader also demonstrates how truth is often taken to be valuable in various ways, in particular as the norm of correctness for belief and assertion, and the relationship between truth and other epistemic values. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With introductory overviews to each group of related papers complemented by guides to further reading, this reader introduces the central debates, familiarizes students with the most important work in the field and covers pivotal theories of truth including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - correspondence theories\u003cbr\u003e - coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism \u003cbr\u003e - deflationary, primitivist, and pluralist theories \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moreover, by showing how thoughts about truth and value bear heavily on one another, \u003ci\u003eTruth: A Contemporary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides new opportunities for understanding and advancing the link between these central topics. This is an essential collection for anyone studying or working in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language today.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088065323159,"sku":"9781474213301","price":5531.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474213301.webp?v=1767898983","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/truth-a-contemporary-reader-9781474213301","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}