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Substantive Perspectivism

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 344)

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2623-1

ISBN: 978-90-481-2622-4

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2009

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Starting Point and Engaging Background

Mou, Bo

Pages: 1 –34

[This essay is an inquiry into the philosophical concern with truth in view of its three major distinct but related dimensions and their relations: i.e., the metaphysical dimension concerning the nature of (non-linguistic) truth, the explanatory-role dimension concerning the explanatory role of...
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Case Analysis I: Tarski’s Semantic Approach in the Metaphysical Project

Mou, Bo

Pages: 35 –78

[In this chapter, as a case analysis of one representative, influential and significant approach in the metaphysical project concerning truth, and to explore its due ‘perspective’ status in a complete account of truth, I give a critical examination of Tarski’s semantic approach, which is largely...
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Case Analysis II: Quine’s Disquotational Approach in the Linguistic Project

Mou, Bo

Pages: 79 –106

[In this chapter, I intend to explore some significant aspects of the linguistic project of the philosophical concern with truth and its relation to its metaphysical project through a case analysis of Quine’s disquotational approach in the linguistic project. A strategic line in carrying out this...
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Case Analysis III: Davidson’s Approach in the Explanatory-Role Project

Mou, Bo

Pages: 107 –124

[In this chapter, for the sake of understanding the explanatory-role dimension of the philosophical concern with truth and of making the case for the account of the explanatory role of the concept of truth in SPT, I carry out a case analysis of Donald Davidson’s approach in regard to the...
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Case Analysis IV: A Cross-Tradition Examination—Philosophical Concern with Truth in Classical Daoism

Mou, Bo

Pages: 125 –158

[It is philosophically interesting and significant to explore the philosophical concern with truth from a vantage point that crosses traditions, instead of looking at it exclusively within one single philosophical tradition (i.e., the Western philosophical tradition). Such exploration can not...
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Substantive Perspectivism Concerning Truth

Mou, Bo

Pages: 159 –204

[In this concluding chapter, based on the discussions in the previous chapters, I elaborate SPT, i.e., substantive perspectivist theory, and argue for its adequacy in regard to its several theoretical features. However, all the previous discussions, explicitly or implicitly, directly or...

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