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The Concept of Truth

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  • © 2011

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  1. Richard Campbell

    1. Australian National University, Australia

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Truth in Trouble

    • Richard Campbell
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Linguistic Conception of Truth

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    Pages 17-44

  4. The Functions Truth Serves

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    Pages 45-61

  5. Truth in Action

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    Pages 62-99

  6. Acting Truly

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    Pages 100-124

  7. The Genesis of Representations

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    Pages 125-156

  8. Acts of Assertion

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    Pages 157-181

  9. The Truth of Statements

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    Pages 182-211

  10. The Challenge of Sceptical Relativism

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    Pages 212-240

  11. Truth as Faithfulness

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    Pages 241-248

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 249-260
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This book addresses the contemporary disillusion with truth, manifest in sceptical relativism. Contending that all contemporary theories of truth are too narrow, it argues for a novel conception of truth, by showing how error is implicated in the actions of all living things; and by analyzing uses of 'true' in non-linguistic contexts.

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  • Australian National University, Australia

    Richard Campbell

About the author

RICHARD CAMPBELL is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He has served as Dean of Arts and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the ANU, and was for 15 years also involved in restructuring the system of school education in the Australian Capital Territory. He is the author of Secondary Education for Canberra (1973), From Belief to Understanding (1976), Truth and Historicity (1992), and numerous articles.

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