Truth Matters

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Author: Christopher Norris

ISBN-10: 0748615989

ISBN-13: 9780748615988

Category: Major Branches of Philosophical Study

Truth Matters is the first full-length introduction to response-dependence, a topic of great interest for philosophers across a wide range of disciplines. Norris examines the evolution of the topic, discussing its sources and analogues in Plato, Locke, Kant, and Wittgenstein. Throughout the work, Norris offers wide-ranging coverage with clarity of focus and depth of philosophical treatment.\ Edinburgh University Press

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Truth Matters is the first full-length introduction to response-dependence, a topic of great interest for philosophers across a wide range of disciplines. Norris examines the evolution of the topic, discussing its sources and analogues in Plato, Locke, Kant, and Wittgenstein. Throughout the work, Norris offers wide-ranging coverage with clarity of focus and depth of philosophical treatment.

Ch. 1Anti-realism, scepticism, 'constructive empiricism'23Ch. 2Response-dependence : the current debate in review58Ch. 3Green thoughts in a moral shade : anti-realism, ethics and response-dependence98Ch. 4Morals, mathematics and best opinion : the euthyphronist debate revisited130Ch. 5Constitutional powers : can 'best judgement' ever go wrong?165Ch. 6Showing you know : on Wright's 'manifestation principle'195