Truth: A Primer Book

	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Realism and Idealism	5
I	Realism and Idealism	6
II	Arguments for Realism	9
III	Arguments for Idealism	23
IV	Versions of Idealism	29
V	Objections to Idealism	37
VI	Semantic Ascent	47
2	Absolutism and Relativism	53
I	Moral Relativism	53
II	Relativism	59
III	Objections to Relativism	62
IV	Neither an Absolutist nor a Relativist Be?	71
3	Pragmatism	77
I	The Pragmatic Theory of Truth	78
II	Arguments for the Pragmatic Theory of Truth	81
III	Objections to the Pragmatic Theory of Truth	86
IV	The Pragmatic Theory of Meaning	97
4	The Coherence Theory	103
I	Arguments for the Coherence Theory	105
II	Objections to the Coherence Theory	110
III	Other Epistemic Theories of Truth	113
5	Deflationism	123
I	Deflationism	123
II	Objections to Deflationism	131
6	The Correspondence Theory	145
I	Arguments for the Correspondence Theory	146
II	Versions of the Correspondence Theory	170
III	Nondescriptivist Theories of Truth	195
7	Truth and Knowledge	201
I	Truth and the Analysis of Knowledge	203
II	Truth and Skepticism	216
	Conclusion	229
	Notes	233
	References	239
	About the Book and Author	247
	Index	249