Theories of Truth

Truth: An Introduction: Frederick F. Schmitt.

Part I: Pragmatist Theories of Truth:.

1. How To Make Our Ideas Clear: Charles Sanders Peirce.

2. Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth: William James.

Part II: Coherence Theories of Truth:.

3. On the Nature of Truth: Bertrand Russell.

4. In Defense of the Coherence Theory of Truth: Francis Dauer.

Part III: Correspondence Theories of Truth:.

5. The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics: Alfred Tarski.

6. Tarski’s Theory of Truth: Hartry Field.

7. Truth and Language-World Connections: Dorothy Grover.

8. The Explanatory Role of Correspondence Truth: Philip Kitcher.

Part IV: Deflationary Theories of Truth:.

9. A Prosentential Theory of Truth: Dorothy L. Grover, Joseph L. Camp, Jr. and Nuel D. Belnap, Jr.

10. Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content: Hartry Field.

11. Minimalism: Anil Gupta.

Truth: A Bibliography: Kevin Kimble and Frederick F. Schmitt.

Index.