Aiming at Truth Book

Introduction     1
Truth and the Norms of Assertion     8
Why the nature of truth itself is irrelevant     8
An argument against truth-aiming     21
A revised argument     26
Intensional and extensional senses of 'aiming'     31
Scepticism - and How Not to Avoid It     38
Types of scepticism     38
The problem of induction     42
The underdetermination of theories by data     50
Externalist criticisms     63
Transcendental arguments     68
Cognitive Contingency     74
How to be an alien     74
Alternative classifications     78
Alternative conceptual schemes     85
Radical interpretation     91
Further objections     98
Belief and Acceptance     108
Acceptance as a distinct attitude     108
Voluntariness and 'directions of fit'     117
Degrees of belief     130
Belief and Knowledge     138
What is knowledge?     138
An 'ecological model'     144
Justification regained     155
Pragmatism and the Value of Truth     162
Rorty on pragmatism     162
The autonomy of belief     169
Wishful thinking     177
Relativism and the Limits of Conversability     185
Relativism and error     185
Tolerance     191
The individuation of cultures     197
Mind, World and Realism     203
Types of realism     203
Transcendental idealism and internal realism     205
Representation and the 'Olympian standpoint'     217
Conclusion     225
Notes     227
Bibliography     237
Index     244