Max Kölbel examines the mainstream grasp of the meaning of meaning and reveals, for example, the inherent flaws in believing that understanding a sentence implies knowledge of the conditions required for the sentence to be true.
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Max Kölbel examines the mainstream grasp of the meaning of meaning and reveals, for example, the inherent flaws in believing that understanding a sentence implies knowledge of the conditions required for the sentence to be true.
This book examines the complex and varied ways in which fictions relate to the real world, and offers a precise account of how imaginative works of literature can use fictional content to explore matters of universal human interest.
 Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in allits forms and traditions. Yet in the late twentieth century truth became suddenly rather unfashionable. The precedence given to assortedpolitical and ideological agendas, along with the rise of relativism, post…
The authors present a philosophical case for the importance of truth that draws on writings by philosophers, anthropologists, poets, and scientists.
