The correspondence theory of truth : an essay on the metaphysics of predication /

Newman, Andrew

The correspondence theory of truth : an essay on the metaphysics of predication / Andrew Newman. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2002. - xii, 251 p. - Cambridge studies in Philosphy .



Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Universals, Predication, and Truth; 2 The Univocity of Truth; 3 The Correspondence Theory or Predicative Sentences; 4 Russell s Theory of Truth and Its Principal Problems; 5 How Predicative Beliefs Correspond to the World; 6 The Metaphysics of Facts; 7 The Metaphysics of Propositions; 8 The Correspondence Theory and Complex Propositions


This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions.

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