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The Nature of Truth

Textbook:

Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), Truth, OUP, 1999. (Available at the UiO bookstore.)

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Preliminary reading list:

Donald Davidson, ‘The Folly of Trying to Define Truth’, Journal of Philosophy, 1996. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]

Donald Davidson, ‘The Structure and Content of Truth’, Journal of Philosophy, 1990, 279-328.

Michael Dummett, ‘Language and Truth’. In: The Seas of Language, OUP, 1993.

Hartry Field, ‘Deflationist Views of Meaning and Content,’ Mind, 1994, 249-84. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]

Gottlob Frege, ‘The Thought: A Logical Enquiry’. [In Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.]

Anil Gupta, ‘A Critique of Deflationism,’ Philosophical Topics, 1993, 57-81. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.

Jennifer Hornsby, ‘Truth:the Identity Theory,’ Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 1997, 1-24.

Paul Horwich, Truth, Chap. 1, ’The Minimal Theory’, OUP, 1998

Paul Horwich, ‘The Minimalist Conception of Truth,’ in: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999, pp 239-263.

Paul Horwich, Reflections on Meaning, Chap. 2: ‘A Use Theory of Meaning,’ OUP, 2005

W.V. Quine, Philosophy of Logic, excerpt from Chap. 1. Prentice Hall, 1970. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.

Crispin Wright, ‘Truth: A Traditional Debate Reviewed’. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999.

Useful survey articles/background reading:

Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons,‘Introduction’. In: Truth, Simon Blackburn and Keith Simmons (ed.), OUP: 1999. pp.1-28.

Ralph C. S. Walker, ‘Theories of Truth’ in: A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, Bob Hale and Crispin Wright (ed.) Blackwell, 1999.

Publisert 24. okt. 2006 10:23 - Sist endret 11. jan. 2007 14:45