Barry Taylor's book mounts a major new argument against one of the fundamental tenets of much contemporary philosophy, the idea that we can make sense of reality as existing objectively, independently of our capacities to come to know it. He concludes that there is no defensible notion of truth whic
Models, Truth, and Realism
โ Scribed by Barry Taylor
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 131
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
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