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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Theories of Truth"”.
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Astrology and truth: a context in contemporary epistemology
… philosophical context to claims regarding the truth-status of astrology – specifically, horoscopic astrology. These truth-claims, and reasons for them, are sourced from advocates and critics of astrology and are taken from extant literature and interviews recorded for the thesis. The three …
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Problems With Truth: Scope, Mixing, and Truth Pluralism
… between monistic and pluralistic inflationary theories of truth. Truth monism claims that there is one explanatory story which accounts for the truth of all and only true propositions. There seem to be, however, certain domains of discourse wherein monistic theories fail. If monistic theories …
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Joining up public services : a critical realist framework for holistic governance
… and application to practical management issues of the general descriptive theory called the 'Operational Dimensions Framework'. It is argued that attempts to join up public services need to take into account the dimensional complexity of the operating environment for their delivery. The …
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From Orr to Zacharias and Beyond: An Approach Toward Christian Apologetics from the Purview of Worldview Truth-Testing
… Christian apologetics that tests the veracity of truth-claims from within the scope of entire worldviews, demonstrating how it is an effective approach for validating Christianity’s truthfulness, revealing other worldview’s falseness, and neutralizing arguments against the apologetic task …
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Distinctive Complications in the Articles of Paul De Man
… demarcate in de Man's writings a working through of the problems posed by the absence of ground in criticism, and I map his findings onto a group of texts in contemporary analytical and linguistic philosophy. In the texts which I read, I trace, first, a preoccupation about what we consider to be …
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A Critical Evaluation of John Hick's Religious Pluralism in Light of His Eschatological Model
… to the Problem</p> <p>The philosophy of John Hick, who is famous for his religious pluralism, has received vigorous study in terms of its epistemology, authority, the concept of God, and Christology. However, less attention has been given to his pareschatology. As explained below, …
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The Primitive Thesis: Defending a Davidsonian Conception of Truth
… the claim, long held by Donald Davidson, that truth is a primitive concept that cannot be correctly or informatively defined in terms of more basic concepts. To this end I articulate the history of the primitive thesis in the 20th century, working through early Moore, Russell, and Frege, and …
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Truth and Archaeology: Justification in Archaeology
… can archaeologists debate rival interpretations of the record with a seat-of-your-pants theoretical methodology? Truth is a concept that has been the subject of considerable thought and analysis by philosophers for millennia and is a conceptual resource that archaeologists can draw on. The aim of …