Truth: A Contemporary Reader

Douglas Edwards is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Utica College, USA. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Truth (2018), and Properties (2014).

• General Introduction, Douglas EdwardsPart 1. Correspondence Theories of TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards1. Bertrand Russell, ‘Truth and Falsehood’2. Marian David, ‘Truth-Making and Correspondence’3. Hartry Field, ‘Tarski’s Theory of Truth’4. Dorothy Grover, ‘Truth and Language – World Connections’Part 2. Epistemic Theories of TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards5. F.H. Bradley, ‘On Truth and Copying’6. Paul Thagard, ‘Coherence, Truth, and the Development of Scientific Knowledge’7. Charles S. Peirce, ‘How to Make Our Ideas Clear’8. William James, ‘Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth’9. Cheryl Misak, ‘Pragmatism on Solidarity, Bullshit, and Other Deformities of Truth’Part 3. Deflationism About TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards10. Paul Horwich, ‘A Defense of Minimalism’11. Hartry Field, ‘Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content’12. Dorothy Grover, ‘On Two Deflationary Truth Theories’ 13. Matti Eklund, ‘What is Deflationism about Truth?’Part 4. Primitivist Theories of TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards14. Donald Davidson, ‘The Folly of Trying to Define Truth’15. Trenton Merricks, ‘Truth as a Primitive’Part 5. Pluralist Theories of TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards16. Crispin Wright, ‘Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed’17. Douglas Edwards, ‘Simplifying Alethic Pluralism’18. Gila Sher, ‘In Search of a Substantive Theory of Truth’ Part 6. The Value and Normativity of TruthEditor’s Introduction, Douglas Edwards 19. Linda Zagzebski, ‘Intellectual Motivation and the Good of Truth’20. Michael P. Lynch, ‘Minimalism and the Value of Truth’21. Huw Price, ‘Truth as Convenient Friction’22. Catherine Z. Elgin, ‘True Enough’Index

This collection is the perfect starting point for anyone who wants to familiar with the ongoing philosophical debates about truth. Edwards’s section introductions are helpful and clear. The articles collected here illustrate the most important moves in thinking about truth and its value over the past couple of centuries.