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  • Published: 1 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9780262542067
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $135.00

The Nature of Truth, second edition

Classic and Contemporary Perspectives



The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters.

The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters.

The question "What is truth?" is so philosophical that it can seem rhetorical. Yet truth matters, especially in a "post-truth" society in which lies are tolerated and facts are ignored. If we want to understand why truth matters, we first need to understand what it is. The Nature of Truth offers the definitive collection of classic and contemporary essays on analytic theories of truth. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating both historically central readings on truth's nature as well as up-to-the-moment contemporary essays. Seventeen new chapters reflect the current trajectory of research on truth.

  • Published: 1 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9780262542067
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $135.00

Praise for The Nature of Truth, second edition

"Michael P. Lynch is a philosopher of truth." -- New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/the-internet-of-us-and-the-end-of-facts

"On the whole I have been very satisfied with the content of the volume, which is why I keep going back to it every time I teach the class. I tend to ignore certain parts of the first edition, and supplement the volume with a few extra readings. I am very pleased to learned that basically all the changes made in the 2nd edition are precisely the ones I would recommend....Students tend to be positive about the book. I find they like having all the readings in one place, and I'm sure they will be even happier now that I won't have to supplement with external readings." -- Dr. A. J. Cotnoir, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St Andrews, UK

"Let me conclude by emphasising that, once amended as suggested, this revised edition will certainly be a significant improvement on the first edition, and it will continue to be an essential and outstanding reference to everybody interested in the nature of truth. Thus, I very much hope to see this new edition in print soon!" -- Professor Filippo Ferrari, Lehrstuhl für Logik und Grundlagenforschung, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Bonn, Germany

"I think that a revision of this volume is both necessary and proper. The 'contemporary' material in the original volume is starting to become dated. I think that the proposed inclusions are generally appropriate....The new pluralism section overs a good solid survey of developments in that sub-section of work on truth." -- Professor Robert Barnard, The University of Mississippi, Department of Philosophy and Religion