On Truth and the Representation of Reality: A Collection of Inquiries from a Pragmatist Point of View
In On Truth and the Representation of Reality, Dan Nesher develops a new theory of truth in the framework of pragmatist theory of representation. Using the pragmatist theory of perception for the basis of his epistemological explanation of our confrontation with external Reality and how it's represented, Nesher shows that in our perceptual operations we quasi-prove the truth of our perceptual judgments. He explains how- through our proving the truth of our propositions and theories, we know...
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ForewordIntroductionCh. ISpinoza's Theory of Truth1Ch. IIPeircean Realism: Truth as Meaning of Cognitive Signs Representing External Reality41Ch. IIIPragmaticist Realism: The Third Philosophical Perspective as the "Intermediate Point" between "Metaphysical Realism" and "Internal Realism"85Ch. IV"Which Side Spinoza Would Have Taken [between Einstein and Bohr] if He Had Lived to See the [Scientific] Development of Our Days" (Bohr, 1949:237): An Analysis of Human Representation of Physical Reality125Ch. VThe Pragmaticist Conception of Truth with a "Bold" Solution to the Liar Paradox149Ch. VIIn Spite of Davidson's Arguments for "The Folly of Trying to Define Truth," Truth Can Be Defined193Ch. VIIWe Know What Our Propositions Represent When We Prove Their Truth: Response to Gettier235Ch. VIIIPutnam on Truth: Can We Know Reality with a Big "R" with Proved Truths with a Small "t"?247Ch. IXPragmatic Theory of Truth: Are Frege's and Ramsey's Equation "p is true = p" and Tarski's Equivalence "X is true if, and only if, p" True?289Ch. XThe Pragmaticist Conceptions of "Fact," "True Proposition," "Truth Conditions," and "True to the Facts": Our Knowledge of External Reality327Bibliography423Index441
