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Whose Truth?, Seth J. Hale
Whose Truth?, Seth J. Hale
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Is objective reality verifiable or is all fact merely subjective experience? If the history of humanity has shown anything, it has shown that we are a species intent on explaining our environment and place within it. Most every philosophical pursuit is aimed at some version of this end. Mathematics and the physical sciences attempt to explain the universe by finding consistent order in the workings of nature. The social sciences attempt to explain the human race by finding consistent order in the behaviors of humans and human organizations. Literary and media studies attempt to explain the meanings that humans attach …
Nietzsche's Conception Of Truth: Correspondence, Coherence Or Pragmatist?, Justin Remhof
Nietzsche's Conception Of Truth: Correspondence, Coherence Or Pragmatist?, Justin Remhof
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Nearly every common theory of truth has been attributed to Nietzsche, while some commentators have argued that he simply has no theory of truth. This essay argues that Nietzsche’s remarks on truth are better situated within either the coherence or pragmatist theories of truth than the correspondence theory. Nietzsche’s thoughts conflict with the correspondence framework because he believes that the truth conditions of propositions are constitutively dependent on our actions.
Wang Chong, Truth, And Quasi-Pluralism, Lajos L. Brons
Wang Chong, Truth, And Quasi-Pluralism, Lajos L. Brons
Lajos Brons
In (2011) McLeod suggested that the first century Chinese philosopher Wang Chong 王充 may have been a pluralist about truth. In this reply I contest McLeod's interpretation of Wang Chong, and suggest "quasi-pluralism" (albeit more as an alternative to pluralism than as an interpretation of Wang Chong), which combines primitivism about the concept of truth with pluralism about justification.