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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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Table of Contents
Introduction: truth in trouble
The linguistic conception of truth
The functions truth serves
Truth in action
Acting truly
The genesis of representations
Acts of assertion
The truth of statements
The challenge of sceptical relativism
Truth as faithfulness.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
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