On Truth pdf

西蒙布莱克本是一位英国学术哲学家，以他在元伦理学方面的工作而闻名，他在其中捍卫准现实主义和语言哲学。 最近，他因努力普及哲学而赢得了广大观众。 他于 2011 年从剑桥大学哲学教授的职位上退休，但仍然是北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的杰出哲学研究教授，每个秋季学期都任教。 他还是剑桥大学三一学院的院士，以及新人文学院的教授成员。 他以前是牛津大学彭布罗克学院的研究员，还曾在北卡罗来纳大学担任 Edna J. Koury 教授的全职教授。 他是亚里士多德学会的前任主席，曾在 2009 年至 2010 年任期内任职。

On Truth pdf 西蒙布莱克本

Truth is not just a recent topic of contention. Arguments about it have gone on for centuries. Why is the truth important? Who decides what the truth is? Is there such a thing as objective, eternal truth, or is truth simply a matter of perspective, of linguistic or cultural vantage point? In this concise book Simon Blackburn provides an accessible explanation of what truth is and how we might think about it. The first half of the book details several main approaches to how we should think about, and decide, what is true. These are philosophical theories of truth such as the correspondence theory, the coherence theory, deflationism, and others. He then examines how those approaches relate to truth in several contentious domains: art, ethics, reasoning, religion, and the interpretation of texts. Blackburn's overall message is that truth is often best thought of not as a product or an end point that is 'finally' achieved, but--as the American pragmatist thinkers thought of it--as an ongoing process of inquiry. The result is an accessible and tour through some of the deepest and thorniest questions philosophy has ever tackled