An edition of Worlds of truth
(2009)
Worlds of truth
a philosophy of knowledge
by Israel Scheffler
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Worlds of truth: a philosophy of knowledge
2009, Wiley-Blackwell
in English
1405191708 9781405191708
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Justification, truth, worlds
Justification
Belief
Access to truth
Cogito ergo sum
Mathematical certainty
Classical logic
C.I. Lewis' empiricism
Access as a metaphor
J.F. Fies and K. Popper
Voluntarism and linearity
One-way justification
Beginning in the middle
Justification, contextual, and comparative
Justification in the empirical sciences
Circularity versus linearity
Democratic controls
Interactionism
Truth
Allergy to absolute truth
Provisionality and truth
Truth versus verification
Truth and fixity
Transparency, tarski, and carnap
Truth and certainty
Sentences as truth candidates
Theoretical terms
Varieties of instrumentalism
Pragmatism and instrumentalism
Systems, simplicity, reduction
Crises in science
Reduction and expansion
Worlds
Philosophies of truth
Operationism and truth
Version-dependence
Differences among scientifically oriented philosophers
Monism, pluralism, plurealism
Realism versus irrealism
A theory of everything
The status of ethics
Emotive theories : Ayer and Stevenson
Moore's ethical intuitionism
Dewey and ethical naturalism
Symbol, reference, and ritual
Pragmatic themes
Belief
Problems of pragmatism and pragmatic responses
Peirce's theory of belief, doubt, and inquiry
Peirce's comparison of methods
Difficulties in Peirce's treatment
An epistemological interpretation
The primacy of method
Action
Emotion
Emotions in the service of cognition
Cognitive emotions
Cognition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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