The Pursuit of Truth :

Aerthayil, Pradeep.

The Pursuit of Truth : A Critical Analysis on the Concept of Truth in Richard Rorty / Pradeep Aerthayil. - Bangalore : Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram ; 2004. - 98 p. ;

includes index and biblioraphy

TRADITIONAL THEORIES OF TRUTH Correspondence Theory of Truth Simple Version of the Correspondence Theory Modified Version of the Correspondence Theory Earlier Theory of Russell Russell`s Later Theory of Truth Wittgenstein`s Approach to the Theory The Coherence Theory of Truth Coherence as the Criterion of Truth Coherence as Account of Degree of Truth The Absolute Truth and Relative Truth Pragmatic Theory of Truth Pierce`s Theory of Meaning Truth as Mutable in William James Truth as Warranted Assertability in John Dewey Minimalist Theories of Truth Semantic Theory of Truth Redundancy Theory RORTY AND THE CRITIQUE OF EPISTEMOLOGY The Analytic Problem Problem of Demarcation The Problem of Method Distemology in Transition Solidarity and Ethnocentrism Quine`s Criticism of the Analytic or Synthetic Distinction Sellar`s Criticism of the Myth of the`Given THE QUESTION OF TRUTH The Field Linguists` Pragmatic Conception of Truth Truth Functioning in Language Games Truth as Philosophically Uninteresting The Empiricists` Error The Realists` Error Truth: Not a Goal of Inquiry Typology of Truth Truth in Endorsing Sense Truth in Disquotational Sense Truth in Cautionary Sense Reliability of the Cautionary Aspect Justified and True Not Justified nor True Justified, Not True Not Justified but True Truth and Objectivity Truth and Justification Truth and Common Sense Ethnocentrism RORTIAN PURSUIT OF TRUTH: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Truth as Consensus is Incorrect Consequence of His Theory of Consensus An Escape from Traditional Theories A New Metaphor: A New Dimension for Philosophizing The Problem with Epistemological Behaviourism Problems with Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism Seems to be Self-Defeating Ethnocentrism as Incoherent Truth and Its Existence



NT2004 / AE840

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