Truth and Skepticism

By: Robert Almeder

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16 August 2010

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No. of Pages
264

Age
22+

Grade
17+

Dimensions(cm)
24.0 x 16.1 x 2.16

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"Few philosophers have thought as long and as hard about the issues of the truth and our knowledge of it as Robert Almeder. And as so often in philosophy, the way to insight proceeds most smoothly along the path of criticism. By critiquing virlually all of the influential present-day opponents of his views, Almeder manages to provide a firm footing for his own persuasive and eminently instructive position."-Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh

"The most sustained defense of an epistemic theory of truth available, coupled with a detailed response to various species of skepticism. Highly recommended as a gateway to contemporary debates on the nature of fruth."-Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia

"Those who take the epistemic account of fruth to be a nonsfarler should read this compact book carefully. Almeder goes on the offense here and develops a pragmalist epistemology farther than anyone has before. A must-read."-Linda Alcoff, Cuny Grad Center

Robert Almeder provides a comprehensive discussion and definitive refulation of our common conception of truth as a necessary condition for knowledge of the world and defends in detail an epistemic conception of truth without falling into the usual epistemological relativism or classical idealism in which all properties of the world turn out to be linguistic in nature and origin. There is no other book available that so clearly and thoroughly defends the case for an epistemic conception of truth and also claims success in avoiding idealism or epistemological relativism.

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Few philosophers have thought as long and as hard about the issues of the truth and our knowledge of it as Robert Almeder. And as so often in philosophy, they way to insight proceeds most smoothly along the path of criticism. By critiquing virtually all of the influential present-day opponents of his views, Almder manages to provide a firm footing for his own persuasive and eminently instructive position. -- University of Pittsburgh, Micholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh
Those who take the epistemic account of truth to be a non-starter should read this compact book carefully. Almeder goes on the offense here, and develops a pragmatist epistemology farther than anyone has before. A must-read. -- Linda Alcoff, CUNY Grad Center
The most sustained defense of an epistemic theory of truth available, coupled with a detailed response to various species of skepticism. Highly recommended as a gateway to contemporary debates on the nature of truth. -- Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia

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